# Metrica 35

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hero-of-alexandria/metrica/35

λε. Ἔστω δὴ παραβολὴν μετρῆσαι τὴν ΑΒΓ, ἧς ἡ μὲν βάσις ἐστὶ μονάδων ιβ, ὁ δὲ Β∠ ἄξων μονάδων ε. ἐπεζεύχθωσαν αἱ ΑΒ ΒΓ. τῷ ἄρα ἐμβαδῷ τοῦ ΑΒΓ τριγώνου ἴσον ἐστὶ τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ ὑπὸ ΑΓ Β∠, | τουτέστι μονάδων λ. ἀπέδειξεν δὲ Ἀρχιμήδης ἐν τῷ ἐφοδικῷ, ὡς προείρηται, ὅτι πᾶν τμῆμα περιεχόμενον ὑπό τε εὐθείας καὶ ὀρθογωνίου κώνου τομῆς, τουτέστι παραβολῆς, ἐπίτριτόν ἐστι τριγώνου τοῦ τὴν αὐτὴν βάσιν ἔχοντος αὐτῷ καὶ ὕψος ἴσον, τουτέστι τοῦ ΑΒΓ τριγώνου. τοῦ δὲ ΑΒΓ τριγώνου τὸ ἐμβαδόν ἐστι μονάδων λ. τὸ ἄρα τῆς παραβολῆς ἐμβαδὸν ἔσται μονάδων μ.

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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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