# Scholia in opticorum recensionem Theonis (scholia vetera) 16

Scholia in Euclidem, Scholia in opticorum recensionem Theonis (scholia vetera), Section 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/scholia-in-euclidem/scholia-in-opticorum-recensionem-theonis-scholia-vetera/16

16. Ἔστω ἴσα διαστήματα ἐπὶ μιᾶς εὐθείας τὰ ΑΒ, ΒΓ, Γ∠, καὶ ἀνήχθω τῇ Α∠ πρὸς ὀρθὰς ἡ ΑΕ, ἐφʼ ἧς κείσθω ὄμμα τὸ Ε. λέγω, ὅτι μεῖζον φανήσεται τὸ μὲν ΑΒ τοῦ ΒΓ, τὸ δὲ ΒΓ τοῦ Γ∠. προσπιπτέτωσαν γὰρ ἀκτῖνες αἱ ΕΒ, ΕΓ, Ε∠, καὶ ἤχθω διὰ τοῦ Β σημείου τῇ ΓΕ εὐθείᾳ παράλληλος ἡ ΒΖ διὰ, τὸ δεύτερον τοῦ ἕκτου. λοιπὸν ἔσται ἴση ἡ ΑΖ τῇ ΖΕ. μείζων δὲ ἡ ΒΖ τῆς ΖΑ διὰ τὸ μείζονα γωνίαν ὑποτείνειν· μείζων ἄρα καὶ τῆς ΖΕ. μείζωον ἄρα καὶ ἡ Θ γωνία τῆς Κ. ἀλλὰ τῇ Κ ἴση ἡ Λ διὰ τὸ εἶναι ἐναλλάξ· μείζων ἄρα ἡ καὶ τῆς Λ. μεῖζον ἄρα ὀφθήσεται τὸ ΑΒ τοῦ ΒΓ. ὁμοίως διὰ τοῦ Γ ἀχθείσης παραλλήλου τῇ ∠Ε τῆς ΓΗ δειχθήσεται τὸ ΒΓ, ὅτι μεῖζον φανήσεται τοῦ Γ∠.

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Scholia in Euclidem, Scholia in opticorum recensionem Theonis (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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