# Metrica 24

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hero-of-alexandria/metrica/24

κδ. Ἔστω ἑνδεκάγωνον ἰσόπλευρόν τε καὶ ἰσογώνιον τὸ ΑΒΓ∠ΕΖΗΘΚΛΜ, οὗ ἑκάστη πλευρὰ μονάδων ι. εὑρεῖν αὐτοῦ τὸ ἐμβαδόν. περιγεγράφθω περὶ αὐτὸ κύκλος, οὗ κέντρον ἔστω τὸ Ν, καὶ ἐπεζεύχθω ἡ ΖΝ καὶ ἐκβεβλήσθω ἐπὶ τὸ Ξ, καὶ ἐπεζεύχθω ἡ ΞΗ. τὸ ἄρα ΖΗΞ τρίγωνον δύο ἑνδέκατα τοῦ ἑνδεκαγώνου ἐστὶν. δέδεικται δὲ ἐν τοῖς περὶ τῶν ἐν κύκλῳ εὐθειῶν, ὅτι λόγος τῆς ΖΞ πρὸς ΖΗ ὡς ἔγγιστα ὁ τῶν κε πρὸς ζ, ὁ δὲ τῆς πρὸς ΗΖ λόγος, ὃν κδ πρὸς ζ· τοῦ ἄρα ἀπὸ ΖΗ πρὸς τὸ ΖΗΞ τρίγωνον λόγος ὁ τῶν μθ πρὸς πδ, τουτέστιν ὁ τῶν ζ πρὸς ιβ. τοῦ δὲ τριγώνου | πρὸς τὸ ἑνδεκάγωνον λόγος, ὃν β πρὸς ια· ὥστε πρὸς τὸ ἑνδεκάγωνον λόγον ἔχει τὸ ἀπὸ τῆς ΖΗ, ὃν ζ πρὸς ξϛ· καὶ ἔστι δοθὲν τὸ ἀπὸ ΖΗ· δοθὲν ἄρα καὶ τὸ ἑνδεκάγωνον. συντεθήσεται δὴ οὕτως· τὰ ι ἐφʼ ἑαυτά· γίγνεται ρ. ταῦτα ἐπὶ τὰ ξϛ· γίγνεται ϛχ. τούτων τὸ ἕβδομον· γίγνεται Ϡ μβ ϛ· τοσούτου ἔσται τὸ ἐμβαδὸν τοῦ ἑνδεκαγώνου. Ὅσα δὲ τῶν πολυγώνων σχημάτων οὔκ ἐστιν ἰσόπλευρα καὶ ἰσογώνια, ταῦτα εἰς τρίγωνα καταδιαιρούμενα μετρεῖται· τὰ δὲ περιφερῆ τῶν ἐπιπέδων σχημάτων καὶ καθόλου τῶν ἐπιφανειῶν ὅσαι δύνανται μετρεῖσθαι, ἑξῆς κατὰ τὸ ἀκόλουθον ἐκθησόμεθα.

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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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