# De mensuris 54.1

Hero of Alexandria, De mensuris, Chapter 54. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hero-of-alexandria/de-mensuris/54.1

Ἔστω χώρα τρίγωνος ἰσοσκελής. μετρήσωμεν οὕτως· τὸ ἥμισυ τῆς ὑποποδίας ἐπὶ τὸ μῆκος τῆς κατατεινούσης, καὶ εὑρήσεις τὴν ἀλήθειαν.

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Hero of Alexandria, De mensuris, ed. Johan Ludvig Heiberg. 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.tlg011.local001/.