Archimedes' Cattle Problem: Greek Text Bull The Cattle Problem
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The following Greek text of Archimedes' Cattle Problem was edited by Danish scholar J. L. Heiberg (Johan Ludwig, 1854-1928) from several Greek manuscripts. You can view it in one of the following three formats:

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GRAPHIC . . . A scanned image (82 kilobytes, 350 x 781 pixels) of Heiberg's Greek text from the following book:
GREEK MATHEMATICAL WORKS
Translated by Ivor Thomas
The Loeb Classical Library
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1941
Volume II, Pages 202 & 204
Prñblhma

Ñper ƒArxim®dhw ¤n ¤pigr‹mmasin eêr?n tow ¤n ƒAlejandre?&
per taèta pragmateuom¡noiw zhten Žp¡steilen ¤n t» pròw
'Eratosy¡nhn tòn Kurhnaon ¤pistol .

Plhyçn ƒHel?oio boÇn, Ô jene, m¡trhson
????????????front?dƒ ¤pist®saw, e met¡xeiw sof?hw,
pñssh rƒ ¤n ped?oiw SikelÄw potƒ ¤bñsketo n®sou
????????????Yrinak?hw tetrax» st?fea dassam¡nh
xroi¯n Žll‹ssonta: tò m¢n leukoo g‹laktow,
????????????kuan¡Ù dƒ §teron xrämati lampñmenon,
llo ge m¢n janyñn, tò d¢ poik?lon. ¤n d¢ Ûk‹stÙ
????????????st?fei ¦san taèroi pl®yesi briyñmenoi
summetr?hw toiÄsde teteuxñtew: Žrgñtrixaw m¢n
????????????kuan¡vn taærvn 3Ú4m?sei ±d¢ tr?tÙ
ka janyow sæmpasin y«souw, Ô jene, nñhson,
????????????aétŒr kuan¡ouw t3 tetr‹tÙ te m¡rei
miktoxrñvn ka p¡mptÙ, ¦ti janyos? te psin.
????????????toçw dƒ êpoleipom¡nouw poikilñxrvtaw yrei
ŽrgennÇn taærvn §ktÙ m¡rei Ûbdom‹tÙ te
????????????ka janyow aétoçw psin sazom¡nouw.
yhle?aisi d¢ bous t‹d' ¦pleto: leukñtrixew m¢n
????????????Ésan sump‹shw kuan¡hw Žg¡lhw
t3 trit‹tÙ te m¡rei ka tetr‹tÙ Žtrek¢w Ósai:
????????????aétŒr ku‹neai t3 tetr‹tÙ te p‹lin
miktoxrñvn ka p¡mptÙ zÿmoè m¡rei s‹zonto
????????????sçn taæroiw p‹saiw es nomòn ¤rxom¡naiw.
janyotr?xvn dƒ Žg¡lhw p¡mptÙ m¡rei ±d¢ ka §ktÙ
????????????poik?lai s‹riymon plÄyow ¦xon tetrax».
janya dƒ ±riymeènto m¡rouw tr?tou 3Ú4m?sei Ósai
????????????ŽrgennÄw Žg¡lhw Ûbdom‹tÙ te m¡rei.
jene, sç dƒ, ƒHel?oio bñew pñsai, Žtrek¢w epän,
????????????xvrw m¢n taærvn zatref¡vn Žriymñn,
xvrw dƒ aï, y®leiai Ñsai katŒ xroiŒn §kastai,
????????????oék idriw ke l¡goiƒ oédƒ ŽriymÇn Žda®w,
oé m®n pä ge sofow ¤nar?ymiow. Žllƒ y«yi fr‹zen
????????????ka t‹de p‹nta boÇn ƒHel?oio p‹yh.
Žrgñtrixew taèroi m¢n ¤pe mija?ato plhyçn
????????????kuan¡oiw, ástantƒ ¦mpedon sñmetroi
ew b‹yow ew eïrñw te, tŒ dƒ aï perim®kea p‹nth
????????????p?mplanto pl®youw Yrinak?hw ped?a.
janyo dƒ aïtƒ ew §n ka poik?loi Žyroisy¡ntew
????????????ástantƒ Žmbol‹dhn ¤j Ûnòw Žrxñmenoi
sxÄma teleioèntew tò trikr‹spedon oëte prosñntvn
????????????Žlloxrñvn taærvn oëtƒ ¤pileipom¡nvn.
taèta sunejeur?n ka ¤n prap?dessin Žyro?saw
????????????ka plhy¡vn Žpodoæw, jene, tŒ p‹nta m¡tra
¦rxeo kudiñvn nikhfñrow y«syi te p‹ntvw
???????????kekrim¡now taætª gƒ Ðmpniow ¤n sof?ª.