# Metrica 7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hero-of-alexandria/metrica/7

ζ. Ἐὰν ὦσι δύο ἀριθμοὶ οἱ ΑΒ, ΒΓ, ἔσται τοῦ ἀπὸ ΑΒ τετραγώνου ἐπὶ τὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ ΒΓ τετράγωνον πλευρὰ ὁ ὑπὸ ΑΒΓ περιεχόμενος ἀριθμός. ἐπεὶ γάρ ἐστιν ὡς ὁ ΑΒ πρὸς τὸν ΒΓ, οὕτως ὅ τε ἀπὸ ΑΒ τετράγωνος πρὸς τὸν ὑπὸ ΑΒΓ περιεχόμενον ἀριθμὸν καὶ ὁ ὑπὸ ΑΒΓ πρὸς τὸν ἀπὸ ΒΓ τετράγωνον, ἔσται ἄρα καὶ ὡς ὁ ἀπὸ ΑΒ τετράγωνος πρὸς τὸν ὑπὸ ΑΒΓ, οὕτως ὁ ὑπὸ ΑΒΓ πρὸς τὸν ἀπὸ ΒΓ τετράγωνον. ἐπεὶ οὖν τρεῖς ἀριθμοὶ ἀνάλογον ἔχουσιν, ἔσται ὁ ὑπὸ τῶν ἄκρων ἴσος τῷ ἀπὸ τοῦ μέσου τετραγώνῳ· ὁ ἄρα ἀπὸ τοῦ ΑΒ τετράγωνος ἐπὶ τὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ ΒΓ ἴσος ἔσται τῷ ὑπὸ τῶν ΑΒΓ ἐφʼ ἑαυτόν. τοῦ ἄρα ἀπὸ ΑΒ ἐπὶ τὸν ἀπὸ ΒΓ τετράγωνον πλευρά ἐστιν ὁ ὑπὸ τῶν ΑΒΓ περιεχόμενος ἀριθμός.

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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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