# Metrica 16

Hero of Alexandria, Metrica, ΗΡΩΝΟΣ ΜΕΤΡΙΚΩΝ Β. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hero-of-alexandria/metrica/16

ιϛ. Ἔστω δὲ πυραμίδα μετρῆσαι, ἧς βάσις μέν ἐστι τὸ ΑΒΓ ἰσόπλευρον τρίγωνον, κορυφὴ δὲ τὸ ∠ σημεῖον. ἧς ἑκάστη πλευρὰ ἔστω μονάδων ιβ. εἰλήφθω τὸ κέντρον τοῦ περὶ τὸ ΑΒΓ τρίγωνον κύκλου τὸ Ε· καὶ ἐπεζεύχθωσαν αἱ ∠Ε ΕΓ· τὸ ἄρα ἀπὸ τῆς ΒΓ τουτέστι τὸ ἀπὸ τοῦ Γ∠, τριπλάσιόν ἐστι τοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς ΓΕ ἡμιόλιον ἄρα ἐστὶ τὸ ἀπὸ τῆς Γ∠ τοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς ∠Ε· καὶ ἔστι τὸ ἀπὸ Γ∠ μονάδων ρμδ. τὸ ἄρα ἀπὸ ∠Ε ἔσται μονάδων U+A7FCϛ· αὐτὴ δε ἡ ∠Ε ὡς ἔγγιστα μονάδων αθU+2220γ΄· ἐπεὶ οὖν ἑκάστη τῶν ΑΒ ΒΓ ΓΑ δέδοται, δέδοται δὲ καὶ ἡ κάθετος ἡ ∠Ε, δοθὲν ἄρα καὶ τὸ στερεὸν τῆς πυραμίδος. ὥστε δεήσει τὸ ἐμβαδὸν τοῦ ΑΒΓ ἰσοπλεύρου τριγώνου ὡς ἐμάθομεν πολλαπλασιάσαι ἐπὶ τὰς θU+2220γ΄· καὶ τῶν γιγνομένων τὸ τρίτον λαβόντα ἀποφαίνεσθαι τὸ τῆς πυραμίδος στερεόν.

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Hero of Alexandria, Metrica, ed. Hermann Schöne. 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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