# Stereometrica 64.1-2

Hero of Alexandria, Stereometrica, ΙΙ., Chapter 64. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hero-of-alexandria/stereometrica/64.1-2

Καὶ τὴν ἑξάγωνον μετρήσεις οὕτως οὐκέτι ζητῶν τὴν διάμετρον· οἶον ἔστω πυραμὶς ἑξάγωνος, ἧς ἑκάστη τῶν πλευρῶν ἀνὰ ποδῶν ιβ, τὰ δὲ κλίματα ἐκ ποδῶν λε· εὑρεῖν τὴν κάθετον καὶ τὸ στερεόν. ποιῶ οὕτως· τὰ ιβ ἐφʼ ἑαυτά· γίνονται ρμδ· καὶ τὰ λε ἐφʼ ἑαυτά· γίνονται ,σακε. ὕφελε ἀπὸ τούτων τὰ ρμδ· λοιπὸν απα· ὧν πλευρὰ τετραγωνικὴ γίνεται ποδῶν λβ U+2220ʹ δ΄ ηʹ ξδʹ.

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Hero of Alexandria, Stereometrica, ed. Johan Ludvig Heiberg. 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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