{"schemaVersion":2,"id":"tlg0559.tlg014.local001","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0559.tlg014.local001/","urn":"urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0559.tlg014.local001","title":"Fragmenta Heroniana","titleGreek":null,"alternateTitles":[],"author":"Hero of Alexandria","authorityName":"HERON Mech.","authorUrl":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/authors/tlg0559-heron-mech/","authorityUrl":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/authors/tlg0559-heron-mech/","editors":["Frederick Hultsch"],"publication":{"digitalPublisher":"Harvard College Library","sourceTitle":"Metrologicorum Scriptorum","edition":null,"publisher":"Teubner","place":"Leipzig","date":"1864","volume":"1","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)","names":[]},{"role":"Lead Developer (University of Leipzig) 2015 - 2017","names":[]},{"role":"Technical Advisor (Mount Allison University)","names":[]}]},"corpus":{"version":"2.2.0","date":"2026-08-29"},"revisionDate":"2026-08-15","sourceUrl":"https://archive.org/details/metrologicorumsc01hultuoft/page/n205/mode/2up","sourceLinkType":null,"sourceRights":null,"citation":"Hero Of Alexandria. Fragmenta Heroniana. ed. Frederick Hultsch. Metrologicorum Scriptorum, Leipzig, Teubner, 1864. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0559.tlg014.local001","excerpt":"Ἥρωνοϲ εἰϲαγωγαί. . Ἡ πρώτη γεωμετρία, καθὼϲ ἡμᾶϲ ὁ παλαιὸϲ διδάϲκει λόγοϲ, τὰ περὶ τὴν γαιῶν μέτρηϲιν καὶ διανομὴν κατηϲχολεῖτο, ὅθεν καὶ γεωμετρία ἐκλήθη. ἡ 21. Ἥρωνοϲ εἰϲαγωγαί om. N, Τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἥ. εἰϲ. M 22. Ἡ om. Le καθὼϲ] καθ᾿ Pb 23. γαιῶν μέτρηϲιν N, γεωμετρίαν rel. (τοῖϲ περὶ τὴν γῆν μέτροιϲ Ib) δια- νομὴν N, διανομὰϲ rel. (διανομαῖϲ Ib) 24. κατηϲχολεῖτο] διηϲχολεῖτο N (ἀπηϲχολοῦντο Ib) γὰρ τῆϲ μετρήϲεωϲ ἐπίνοια παῤ Αἰγυπτίοιϲ εὑρέθη διὰ τὴν τοῦ Νείλου ἀνάβαϲιν· πολλὰ γὰρ χωρία φανερὰ ὄντα πρὸ τῆϲ ἀναβάϲεωϲ τῇ ἀναβάϲει ἀφανῆ ἐποίει, πολλὰ δὲ μετὰ τὴν ἀπόβαϲιν φανερὰ ἐγίνετο, καὶ οὐκέτι ἦν δυνατὸν ἕκαϲτον διακρῖναι τὰ ἴδια· ἐξ οὗ ἐπενόηϲαν οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι τήνδε τὴν μέτρηϲιν τῆϲ ἀπολειπομένηϲ ὑπὸ τοῦ Νείλου γῆϲ· χρῶνται δὲ τῇ μετρήϲει πρὸϲ ἑκάϲτην πλευρὰν τοῦ χωρίου ὅτε μὲν τῷ καλουμένῳ ϲχοινίῳ, ὅτε δὲ καλάμῳ, ὅτε δὲ πήχει, ὅτε δὲ καὶ ἑτέροιϲ μέτροιϲ· χρειώδουϲ δὲ τοῦ πράγματοϲ τοῖϲ…","divisions":[{"label":"4. Tabula Heroniana I. (Vide prol. § 15—20.)","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0559.tlg014.local001/#tlg0559-tlg014-local001-4"},{"label":"5. Tabula Heroniana II. (Vidde prol. § 21.)","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0559.tlg014.local001/#tlg0559-tlg014-local001-5"},{"label":"6. Tabula Heroniana III. (Vide prol. § 22.)","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0559.tlg014.local001/#tlg0559-tlg014-local001-6"},{"label":"7. Tabula Heroniana IV. (Vide prol. § 23.)","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0559.tlg014.local001/#tlg0559-tlg014-local001-7"},{"label":"8. Tabula Heroniana V. (Vide prol. § 24—27.)","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0559.tlg014.local001/#tlg0559-tlg014-local001-8"},{"label":"9. Fragmentum de orgyia. (Vide prol. § 28.)","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0559.tlg014.local001/#tlg0559-tlg014-local001-9"},{"label":"10. Tabula Heroniana VI. (Vide prol. § 29.)","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0559.tlg014.local001/#tlg0559-tlg014-local001-10"},{"label":"11. Tabula Heroniana VII. (Vide prol. § 30.)","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0559.tlg014.local001/#tlg0559-tlg014-local001-11"},{"label":"12. Fragmentum de quadratis et cubicis mensuris priori tabulae subiunctum. (Vide prol. § 32.)","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0559.tlg014.local001/#tlg0559-tlg014-local001-12"},{"label":"13. Tabula Heroniana VIII. (Vide prol. § 31.)","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0559.tlg014.local001/#tlg0559-tlg014-local001-13"},{"label":"II. Fragmenta de mensuris cubicis. (Vide prol. § 38. 39.)","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0559.tlg014.local001/#tlg0559-tlg014-local001-18"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0559.tlg014.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg0559.tlg014.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0559/tlg014/local001.json.gz"}}