# Scholia in Euclidis catoptrica (scholia vetera) 19

Scholia in Euclidem, Scholia in Euclidis catoptrica (scholia vetera), Section 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/scholia-in-euclidem/scholia-in-euclidis-catoptrica-scholia-vetera/19

19. Δυνατὸν καί, ὡς ἔχει ἡ καταγραφή, προβῆναι τὴν δεῖξιν. ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἀνωτέρα ἐστὶν ἡ ΒΑ τῆς ΒΓ ἐὰν γὰρ ἄνωθεν διὰ αὐτῶν ἀγάγωμεν κάθετον, τὰ κατὰ τῆς Β Α τὰ ἀνώτερά ἐστι τῆς καθέτου· τὸ ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνωτέρας ὁρώμενον, ὅ ἐστι τὸ ∠, τὸ ἀνώτερόν ἐστιν.

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Scholia in Euclidem, Scholia in Euclidis catoptrica (scholia vetera), ed. Johan Ludvig Heiberg, H. Menge. 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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