# Metrica 29

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hero-of-alexandria/metrica/29

κθ. Ἔστω τμῆμα τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς ΑΓ, καὶ πρὸς ὀρθὰς ἀπὸ μέσης τῆς ΑΓ ἡ ∠Β καὶ δίχα αἱ ΑΒ, ΒΓ περιφέρειαι κατὰ τὰ Ε, Ζ· καὶ ἐπεζεύχθωσαν αἱ ΑΒ ΒΓ ΑΕ ΕΒ ΒΖ ΖΓ. ὅτι τὸ ΑΒΓ τρίγωνον ἔλασσόν ἐστιν ἢ τετραπλάσιον τῶν ΑΕΒ ΒΖΓ τριγώνων. ἤχθω κάθετος μὲν ἐπὶ τὴν ΑΒ ἡ ΕΗ, παράλληλος δὲ τῇ Β∠ διὰ τοῦ Η ἡ ΘΚ· καὶ ἐπεζεύχθωσαν αἱ ΑΘ ΘΒ· ἴση ἄρα ἡ ΑΚ τῇ Κ∠. ἡ ἄρα Β∠ τῆς ΘΚ ἐλάττων ἐστὶν ἢ ἐπίτριτος. τῆς δὲ ΗΚ ἔστι διπλῆ· ὥστε ἡ ΚΗ τῆς ΘΗ ἐλάττων ἐστὶν ἢ διπλασίων· ὡς δὲ ἡ ΚΗ πρὸς ΘΗ, τὸ ΑΚΒ τρίγωνον πρὸς τὸ ΑΒΘ τρίγωνον· ἔλαττον ἄρα ἐστὶν ἢ διπλάσιον τὸ ΑΚΒ τρίγωνον τοῦ ΑΒΘ τριγώνου. τοῦ δὲ ΑΚΒ διπλάσιόν ἐστιν τὸ ΑΒ∠· ἔλαττον ἄρα ἢ τετραπλάσιον τὸ ΑΒ∠ τοῦ ΑΒΘ· τὸ δὲ ΑΒΘ τρίγωνον ἔλαττόν ἐστι τοῦ ΑΕΒ, ἐπεὶ καὶ ἡ ΕΗ τῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ Θ ἐπὶ τὴν ΑΒ καθέτου. πολλῷ ἄρα τὸ Α∠Β ἔλαττόν ἐστιν ἢ τετραπλάσιον τοῦ ΑΕΒ. διὰ τὰ αὐτὰ καὶ τὸ ∠ΒΓ τρίγωνον ἔλαττόν ἐστιν ἢ τετραπλάσιον τοῦ ΒΖΓ τριγώνου· τὸ ἄρα ΑΒΓ ἔλαττόν ἐστιν ἢ τετραπλάσιον τῶν ΑΕΒ ΒΖΓ τριγώνων.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0559.tlg006.local001/.