# Fragmenta Heroniana 1-6

Hero of Alexandria, Fragmenta Heroniana, 9. Fragmentum de orgyia. (Vide prol. § 28.). Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hero-of-alexandria/fragmenta-heroniana/1-6

Δεῖ γινώϲκειν ὅτι ἣ ὀργυιὰ ἔχει ϲπιθαμὰϲ θ´ δ˝ ἢ παλαιϲτὰϲ κη´ ἐχούϲηϲ τῆϲ πρώτηϲ παλαιϲτῆϲ προϲθήκην κονδύλου. Καὶ ἄλλωϲ. ἀνὴρ μέϲοϲ μήτε κοντὸϲ μήτε μακρὸϲ ϲταθεὶϲ ὄρθιοϲ ἐκτεινάτω τὴν δεξιὰν αὑτοῦ χεῖρα ἄνω, καὶ ἔνθα ἂν φθάϲῃ τὰ ἄκρα τῶν δακτύλων αὐτοῦ, ἐκεῖ ἐϲτι μέτρον δικαίαϲ ὀργυιᾶϲ. Καὶ ἄλλωϲ. λαβὼν ϲχοινίον ἢ κάλαμον ὁ τῆϲ μέϲηϲ ἡλικίαϲ ἀνὴρ πατηϲάτω τὴν ἄκραν ἐν τοῖϲ δακτύλοιϲ τοῦ ποδὸϲ αὑτοῦ. εἶτα ἀναβιβαϲάτω τὸ ϲχοινίον ἄχρι τοῦ ὤμου αὑτοῦ, εἶθ᾿ οὕτωϲ καμψάτω τοῦτο ὄπιϲθεν ἄχρι τοῦ κώλου αὑτοῦ, καὶ ποιήϲει ὀργυιὰν πάνυ δικαιοτάτην.

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Hero of Alexandria, Fragmenta Heroniana, ed. Frederick Hultsch. 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.
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