ζ΄.
Τὰ ὕψη καὶ τὰ βάθη ἀπὸ τῶν ἐπιπέδων ἐνόπτρων ἀνεστραμμένα φαίνεται.
ἔστω ὕψος μὲν τὸ ΑΕ, ἔνοπτρον δὲ ἐπίπεδον τὸ ΑΛ, ὄμμα δὲ τὸ Β, ὄψεις δὲ αἱ ΒΓ, Β∠ ἀνακλώμεναι ἐπὶ τὰ Ε, Κ. οὐκοῦν φαίνεται ἐκβληθεισῶν τῶν ὄψεων ἐπʼ εὐθείας τὸ μὲν Ε τὸ ἄνω ἐπὶ τοῦ Θ κάτω ὄντος, τὸ δὲ Κ κάτω ὄν ἐπὶ τοῦ Ζ τοῦ ἄνω ὄντος. ὥστε
ἀνεστραμμένα ἐστὶ τῇ φαντασίᾳ.
ἀνεστραμμένα ἐστὶ τῇ φαντασίᾳ.
ἔστω πάλιν βάθος μὲν τὸ ΕΑ, ἔνοπτρον δὲ ἐπίπεδον τὸ ΑΓ, ὄμμα δὲ τὸ ∠, ὄψεις δὲ αἱ ∠Γ, ∠Β ἀνακλώμεναι ἐπὶ τὰ Ε, Ζ. ὁμοίως τῶν
ὄψεων ἐκβληθεισῶν ἐπὶ τὰ Θ, Κ φανεῖται τὸ μὲν Ε κάτω ὄν ἐπὶ τοῦ Θ ἄνω ὄντος, τὸ δὲ Ζ ἄνω ὄν ἐπὶ τοῦ Κ κάτω ὄντος.
ὄψεων ἐκβληθεισῶν ἐπὶ τὰ Θ, Κ φανεῖται τὸ μὲν Ε κάτω ὄν ἐπὶ τοῦ Θ ἄνω ὄντος, τὸ δὲ Ζ ἄνω ὄν ἐπὶ τοῦ Κ κάτω ὄντος.
Catoptrica (recensio Theonis?). Euclid. ed. Johan Ludvig Heiberg, ed. Heinrich Menge. United States. 2018.
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