# Geodaesia [Sp.] 7.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hero-of-alexandria/geodaesia-sp/7.4

Ἕτερον τετράγωνον ἰσόπλευρον καὶ ὀρθογώνιον, οὗ ἑκάστη πλευρὰ οὐργυιῶν λϛ. αὗται ἐφ᾿ ἑαυτὰς πολλαπλασιαζόμεναι γίνονται ,ασ𝒢ϛ· τοσούτων οὐργυιῶν ἐστι τὸ ἐμβαδὸν τοῦ τοιούτου τετραγώνου. ὧν μέρος σ γίνονται ϛ δ΄ ηʹ ιʹ σʹ· καὶ ἔστι γῆς μοδίων ϛ καὶ λιτρῶν ιθ εʹ· αἱ γὰρ ,ασ οὐργυιαὶ ὑπεξαιρούμεναι ρούμεναι ἐπὶ τὰ σ ποσοῦνται εἰς γῆν μοδίων ϛ, αἱ δὲ λοιπαὶ ϛ ὑπεξαιρούμεναι ἐπὶ τὰ ε ποσοῦνται εἰς γῆν λιτρῶν ιθ καὶ οὐργυιᾶς ᾱ.

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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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