# Geodaesia [Sp.] 7.3

Hero of Alexandria, Geodaesia [Sp.], Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hero-of-alexandria/geodaesia-sp/7.3

Ἕτερον σχῆμα τετράγωνον ἰσόπλευρόν τε καὶ ὀρθογώνιον, οὗ ἑκάστη πλευρὰ ἀνὰ οὐργυιῶν ιη· εὑρεῖν αὐτοῦ τὸ ἐμβαδόν. ποίει οὕτω· πολλαπλασίασον τὴν μίαν τῶν βάσεων ἐπὶ τὴν μίαν τῶν καθέτων ἤγουν τὰ ιη ἐπὶ τὰ ιη, καὶ γίνονται τκδ· καὶ ἔστι τὸ ἐμβαδὸν αὐτοῦ οὐργυιῶν τκδ. ὧν μέρος σ΄ γίνεται ᾱ U+2220΄ ιʹ καὶ ν΄· καὶ ἔστι γῆς μοδίου ᾱ U+2220΄ καὶ λιτρῶν δ U+2220΄ ε΄ ι΄ τοῦ γὰρ μέτρου τοῦ μοδίου ὑπὸ οὐργυιῶν σ παραλαμβανομένου ἤγουν λιτρῶν μ ἐπιβάλλουσι μιᾷ ἑκάστῃ λίτρᾳ οὐργυιαὶ ε, ἑκάστη δὲ οὐργυιά ἐστι ε΄ λίτρας.

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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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