# Belopoeica 100

Hero of Alexandria, Belopoeica, Section 100. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hero-of-alexandria/belopoeica/100

100 καὶ τῆς σανίδος τράπεζα. οὕτως δὲ ταθέντων τῶν ἡμιτονίων καὶ τῶν ἀγκώνων εἰς τὸ ἐκτὸς ἀναπεπτωκότων, τοῦ μὲν ἐν τῷ ΑΒΓ∠ ἐπὶ τὰ πρὸς τὸ Υ ὥσπερ τοῦ Ϛϡ, τοῦ δὲ ἐν τῷ ΕΖΗΘ ἐπὶ τὰ πρὸς τὸ Φ ὥσπερ τοῦ Χ(??), δεῖ τὴν τοξῖτιν νευρὰν κατάγειν, ὡς εἴρηται, καὶ ἐπιθέντα τὸ βέλος ἀποσχάζειν. ἡ δὲ σῦριγξ, ἐν ᾖ ἐστιν ἡ διώστρα καὶ τὸ χελώνιον καὶ ἡ χείρ, ἐπὶ μὲν τῶν εὐθυτόνων σῦριγξ κέκληται, ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν παλιντόνων κλιμακίς, ἐπειδήπερ πλεῖον πλάτος ἔχει καὶ διαπήγμασι συνέχεται πλείοσι, καθάπερ καὶ ἡ τράπεζα. Γίνεται δὲ ἡ κλιμακὶς οὕτως. διάπηγμα κατασκευάζεται ἐκ τεσσάρων κανόνων συνεστηκός, ἐπὶ δὲ τὸ μέσον ἔχον κατὰ τὸ πλάτος ἄλλους κανόνας πεπηγότας ἐπὶ τῶν κατὰ τὸ μῆκος κανό|

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Hero of Alexandria, Belopoeica, ed. E. W. Marsden. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0559.tlg012.local001/.