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Ἐν τοῖς κυρτοῖς ἐνόπτροις ἕκαστον τῶν ὁρωμένων κατὰ τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ ὁρωμένου εἰς τὸ κέντρον τῆς σφαίρας ἀγομένην εὐθεῖαν ὁρᾶται.
ἔστω κυρτὸν ἔνοπτρον τὸ Γ∠, ὄμμα δὲ τὸ Β, ὄψις
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δὲ ἡ Β∠ ἀνακλωμένη ἐπὶ τὸ Α, καὶ ὁράσθω τὸ Α, κέντρον δὲ τῆς σφαίρας ἔστω τὸ Ζ, καὶ ἐπεζεύχθω ἡ ΑΖ, καὶ ἐκβεβλήσθω ἡ Β∠ ὄψις ἐπὶ τὸ Ε. οὐκοῦν ἐπεὶ ὑπέκειτο ἐν τοῖς φαινομένοις, ὅτι καταληφθέντος
τοῦ Γ τὸ Α οὐχ ὁρᾶται, ὀφθήσεται ἄρα ἐπʼ εὐθείας τῇ ΑΓ κατὰ τὴν σύμβασιν τῆς Β∠ ὄψεως καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ΑΓ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ε, καθάπερ ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐπιπέδοις.
τοῦ Γ τὸ Α οὐχ ὁρᾶται, ὀφθήσεται ἄρα ἐπʼ εὐθείας τῇ ΑΓ κατὰ τὴν σύμβασιν τῆς Β∠ ὄψεως καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ΑΓ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ε, καθάπερ ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐπιπέδοις.
Catoptrica (recensio Theonis?). Euclid. ed. Johan Ludvig Heiberg, ed. Heinrich Menge. United States. 2018.
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