# Stereometrica 66.5

Hero of Alexandria, Stereometrica, ΙΙ., Chapter 66. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hero-of-alexandria/stereometrica/66.5

ἀπὸ τούτων δεῖ ὑφελεῖν τὰς ξύστρας. ποιήσεις δὲ οὕτως· σύνθες τὴν βάσιν καὶ τὴν κάθετον, τὰ ι καὶ τὰ β· γίνονται πόδες ιβ. ταῦτα ἐπὶ τὴν κάθετον τῆς πυραμίδος, ἐπὶ τὰ ιη U+2220ʹ δ΄ θ΄ γίνονται πόδες σκϛ γ΄. ταῦτα τρισσάκι, ἐπειδὴ γ ξύστραι εἰσίν· γίνονται χοθ. ἦν δὲ τὸ ὅλον συμπλήρωμα ποδῶν ωκ U+2220ʹ · ἀπὸ τούτων ἐὰν ὑφέλωμεν τὰ χοθ, λοιπὸν ρμα U+2220ʹ · ὧν ϛʹ , ἐπειδὴ ἕκιον πρίσματός ἐστι· γίνονται κγ β. τοσούτου τὸ στερεὸν τῶν ξυστρῶν.

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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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