{"schemaVersion":2,"id":"tlg0357.tlg001.local001","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0357.tlg001.local001/","urn":"urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0357.tlg001.local001","title":"Mensurae marmorum ac lignorum","titleGreek":null,"alternateTitles":[],"author":"Didymus Alexandrinus","authorityName":"DIDYMUS Scriptor De Mensuris","authorUrl":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/authors/tlg0357-didymus-scriptor-de-mensuris/","authorityUrl":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/authors/tlg0357-didymus-scriptor-de-mensuris/","editors":["Frederick Hultsch"],"publication":{"digitalPublisher":"Harvard College Library","sourceTitle":"Heronis Alexandrini geometricorum et stereometricorum reliquiae","edition":null,"publisher":"Weidmann","place":"Berlin","date":"1864","volume":null,"series":null,"citation":null,"citationShort":null},"rights":{"text":"Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},"provenance":{"authority":"Harvard College Library","sponsors":[],"funders":["Harvard Library"],"principal":"Gregory Crane","responsibilities":[{"role":"Corrected and encoded the text","names":[]},{"role":"Editor-in-Chief, Perseus Digital Library","names":[]},{"role":"Project Manager (University of Leipzig)","names":[]},{"role":"Project Assistant (University of Leipzig) 2015 - 2017","names":[]},{"role":"Lead Developer (University of Leipzig) 2015 - 2017","names":[]},{"role":"Technical Advisor","names":[]}]},"corpus":{"version":"2.2.0","date":"2026-08-29"},"revisionDate":"2026-08-15","sourceUrl":"https://archive.org/stream/heronisalexandr00hultgoog#page/n288/mode/2up","sourceLinkType":null,"sourceRights":null,"citation":"Didymus Alexandrinus. Mensurae marmorum ac lignorum. ed. Frederick Hultsch. Heronis Alexandrini geometricorum et stereometricorum reliquiae, Berlin, Weidmann, 1864. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0357.tlg001.local001","excerpt":"Τῆς τῶν μαρμάρων τε καὶ ξύλων μετρήσεως ἀναγκαίας οὔσης πρῶτον ὑποθέμενοι τὴν τῶν πηχῶν διαφοράν ἑξῆς καὶ τὴν μέτρησιν αὐτῶν ὑποτάξομεν· τὰ γὰρ γεγραμμένα ἡμῖν εἴτε ἐπὶ πηχῶν, εἴτε ἐπὶ ποδῶν, εἴτε καὶ διʼ ἑτέρων μέτρων, τριχῶς νοεῖται κατὰ τὸ εὐθυμετρικὸν καὶ ἐμβαδομετρικὸν καὶ στερεομετρικόν. εὐθυμετρικὸν μὲν οὖν ἐστιν οὗ τὸ μῆκος μόνον ψιλῶς μετρεῖται, μῆκος γάρ ἐστιν· ἐμβαδομετρικὸν δὲ τὸ ὑπό τε μήκους καὶ πλάτους, ἐπιφάνεια γάρ ἐστιν· στερεομετρικὸν δὲ τὸ ὑπό τε μήκους καὶ πλάτους καὶ βάθους, ἐπιφάνεια γὰρ τούτων ἐστίν· καὶ γὰρ πάντα τὰ κυβικὰ στερεά, τὰ δὲ στερεὰ οὐχ ὡς τὰ ἐμβαδομετρικά, τούτων δὲ οὕτως ἐχόντων ἐπὶ τὴν διδασκαλίαν καὶ ἀκολουθίαν τῆς μετρήσεως τῶν μαρμάρων καὶ ξύλων καὶ λοιπῶν ἐλθεῖν ἀναγκαῖον. 3. ἀλεξανδρείως Β 4. μέτρα] μετὰ MO, sed O in marg. lego μέτραʼ. περὶ Β 5. τε καὶ om. M 6. πηχῶν BMO et hic et infra, πήχεων Μαi ubique (non puto Ν) 7. ὑποτάξωμεν 0 8. δʼ…","divisions":[{"label":"Chapter 1","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0357.tlg001.local001/#tlg0357-tlg001-local001-1"},{"label":"Chapter 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0357.tlg001.local001/#tlg0357-tlg001-local001-2"},{"label":"Chapter 3","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0357.tlg001.local001/#tlg0357-tlg001-local001-3"},{"label":"Chapter 4","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0357.tlg001.local001/#tlg0357-tlg001-local001-4"},{"label":"Chapter 5","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0357.tlg001.local001/#tlg0357-tlg001-local001-5"},{"label":"Chapter 6","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0357.tlg001.local001/#tlg0357-tlg001-local001-6"},{"label":"Chapter 7","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0357.tlg001.local001/#tlg0357-tlg001-local001-7"},{"label":"Chapter 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