---
title: On the Surveyor of Syria
title_greek: Περὶ τοῦ Γεωμέτρου Συρίας
author: Historical Fragments  Anonymous
eul_wid: mmg-ak
eul_aid: mmg
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/anon-hist-frag-surveyor-syria-mmg-ak"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Mixed Dialects (frg)
domain: History
format: Collection
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# On the Surveyor of Syria

*Περὶ τοῦ Γεωμέτρου Συρίας*

**Author:** Historical Fragments  Anonymous

**eul_wid:** `mmg-ak` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/anon-hist-frag-surveyor-syria-mmg-ak)

## Text

### 3c,849,F 1

EUSEB. P.E. 9, 36: (c. 35: Timochares 165 F 1). ὁ δὲ τῆς Συρίας [ σχοινομέτρη ς ] σχοινομέτρησιν γράψας ἐν τῆι πρώτηι φησὶ κεῖσθαι Ἱεροσόλυμα ἐπὶ μετεώρου τε καὶ τραχέος τόπου· ὠικοδομῆσθαι δέ τινα μὲν μέρη τοῦ τείχους ἀπὸ λίθου ξεστοῦ, τὰ δὲ πλεῖστα ἀπὸ χάλικος· καὶ ἔχειν τὴν περίμετρον τὴν πόλιν σταδίων κζ , ὑπάρχειν δὲ καὶ πηγὴν ἐν τῶι χωρίωι ὕδωρ δαψιλὲς ἀναβλύζουσαν.

## License and provenance

Eulogikon publishes public-domain Greek texts in cleaned, structured, readable form and makes no copyright claim over that preparation (Public Domain Mark 1.0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/). Cite as `eul_wid: mmg-ak`.