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compiled to provide a printer-friendly e-book for you who want to read Euclid’s Elements in the original Greek language. The Greek text is borrowed from Perseus Digital Library 1 and as for the drawings I have reproduced with a geometrical drawing language named, f i ttingly to the purpose, “EΥKΛEI∆HΣ (EUK-LEIDES)”2. The drawings are based on the JavaT Mscript drawings on David Joyce’s Euclid’s Elements Web Page 3.

At the Perseus Digital Library each word is linked to morphological analysis tools. But the text there lacks the diagrams that are critical in understanding the text. So I have prepared my own edition with the diagrams, which was what I had been eagerly looking for myself for years on the internet.

The Greek text of Euclid’s Elements is in the public domain. But the digitalized version, and especially the morphological tools serviced on Perseus Digital Library are protected by copyright laws. I have made a brief contact with Perseus personel and got an answer that Perseus Digital Library is not putting stress on the mere (Greek) text on it’s home page. But the various learning tools are just what it is for and are strictly protected by law.

If you get prompted by this document and decide to read the book you are advised to visit Perseus Digital Library and get the full linguistic assistance from the philological tools there.

This document can be freely distributed (as long as there’s no copyright infringement to Perseus Digital Library’s part) and I claim no copyright of any kind except in case you use this document for any commercial interest.

Thank you. ;) Nov. 15. 2004.