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Euclid · Fragments §9.1

Pappus on Apollonius Completing the Conics

Passage 25 of 29 · Greek

Summary

Quotes the testimony of Pappus and its scholiast, stating that Apollonius completed Euclid's four books of Conics and added four more to hand down a total of eight books.

§9.19.
9.
Pappus Συναγ. VII 30 p. 672, 18 sqq. : Τὰ Εὐκλείδου βιβλία δ Κωνικῶν Ἀπολλώνιος ἀναπλώσας καὶ προσθεὶς ἕτερα δ παρέδωκεν η Κωνικῶν τεύχη.
Pappus, Collection VII 30, p. 672, 18 sqq.: Apollonius, having completed the four books of Euclid's Conics and having added another four, handed down eight volumes of Conics.
Scholiasta Pappi III p. 1187 ad hunc locum: ὅτι καὶ ὁ Κὐκλείδης κωνικῶν δ βιβλία γέγραφεν.
Scholiast on Pappus III, p. 1187 on this passage: [Saying] that Euclid too wrote four books of Conics.
Cfr.
Cf.
Studien über Euklid p. 83 sqq.
Studien über Euklid, p. 83 sqq.

Notes

  1. §9.1ἀναπλώσας — The participle ἀναπλώσας (from ἀναπλόω, "to sail out, unfold") is used here in the sense of "having unfolded in detail" or "having completed/supplemented" (perhaps a corruption of or synonym for ἀναπληρώσας) the pre-existing work of Euclid.
  2. §9.1ὅτι — The conjunction ὅτι at the beginning of the scholium introduces a noun clause summarizing the point ("that...") or functions as a marker of indirect speech introducing the testimony.

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Euclid, Fragments §9.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg016.humanitext-grc1:9.1

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