# Geodaesia [Sp.] 7.1-2

Hero of Alexandria, Geodaesia [Sp.], 7.1 to 7.2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hero-of-alexandria/geodaesia-sp/7.1

Τούτων οὕτως ἐχόντων τὴν μέτρησιν τῶν θεωρημάτων ποιησόμεθα οὕτως. ἔστω τετράγωνον ἰσόπλευρόν τε καὶ ἰσογώνιον, οὗ ἑκάστη πλευρὰ οὐργυιῶν ῑ· εὑρεῖν αὐτοῦ τὸ ἐμβαδόν. ποίει οὕτως· τὰς ῑ ἐπὶ τὰς ῑ· γίνονται ρ· τοσούτων οὐργυιῶν ἐστι τὸ ἐμβαδόν. τούτου τὸ ε΄ . γίνονται κ· καὶ ἔστι λιτρῶν κ ἤγουν μοδίου τὸ U+2220΄. Τετράγωνον ἰσόπλευρόν τε καὶ ὀρθογώνιον, οὗ τὸ ἐμβαδὸν οὐργυιῶν ρ· εὐρεῖν αὐτοῦ, πόσων οὐργυιῶν ἐστιν ἑκάστη πλευρά. ποίει οὕτως· λάμβανε τῶν ρ πλευρὰν τετράγωνον· καὶ ἔστι ῑ· τοσούτων οὐργυιῶν ἐστιν ἑκάστη τῶν πλευρῶν.

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Hero of Alexandria, Geodaesia [Sp.], 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.
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