ιη΄.
Τὸ δοθὲν ὕψος γνῶναι, πόσον ἐστίν.
ἔστω γάρ, ὃ δεῖ ἐπιγνῶναι ὕψος, πόσον ἐστί, τὸ ΒΓ, καὶ προσπιπτέτω ἀκτὶς ἡλίου διὰ τοῦ Β ἡ Β∠
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οὐκοῦν σκιὰ ἔσται ἡ Γ∠. ἔλαβον δή τι γνώριμο μέγεθος τὸ ΚΖ καὶ ἐνήρμοσα ὑπὸ τὴν ∠ γωνία παράλληλον τῇ ΒΓ. οὐκοῦν ἐστιν, ὡς τὸ ∠Γ πρὸς τὸ ΓΒ,
οὕτως τὸ ∠ πρὸς τὸ ΖΚ. καὶ γνώριμος ὁ λόγος ὁ τῆς ∠Ζ πρὸς ΖΚ γνώριμος ἄρα καὶ ὁ τῆς ∠Γ πρὸς Γ Β. καί ἐστι γνώριμος ἡ ∠Γ σκιά· γνώριμον ἄρα καὶ τὸ ΓΒ ὕψος.
οὕτως τὸ ∠ πρὸς τὸ ΖΚ. καὶ γνώριμος ὁ λόγος ὁ τῆς ∠Ζ πρὸς ΖΚ γνώριμος ἄρα καὶ ὁ τῆς ∠Γ πρὸς Γ Β. καί ἐστι γνώριμος ἡ ∠Γ σκιά· γνώριμον ἄρα καὶ τὸ ΓΒ ὕψος.
Opticorum recensio Theonis. Euclid. ed. Johan Ludvig Heiberg, ed. Heinrich Menge. United States. 2018.
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