# Scholia in Euclidis catoptrica (scholia vetera) 7

Scholia in Euclidem, Scholia in Euclidis catoptrica (scholia vetera), Section 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/scholia-in-euclidem/scholia-in-euclidis-catoptrica-scholia-vetera/7

7. Ὁ δὲ Ἀρχιμήδης οὕτω λέγει, ὅτι ἡ γωνία τῇ Ε ἢ ἴση ἐστὶν ἢ ἐλάττων ἢ μείζων. ἔστω πρότερον μείζων ἡ τῆς Ε ἐλάττων ἄρα ἡ Ε. ὑποκείσθω οὖν πάλιν ὄμμα τὸ ∠, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄμματος πάλιν ἀνακεκλάσθω ἐπὶ τὸ ὁρώμενον τὸ Β. ἔσται ἄρα ἡ Ε γωνία μείζων τῆς Ζ. ἦν δὲ καὶ ἐλάττων· ὅπερ ἄτοπον.

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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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