Editing Hero of Alexandria (section)

==Bibliography==
[[File:Hero - De automatis, 1589 - 116959.jpg|thumb|The book ''About [[automata]]'' by Hero of Alexandria (1589 edition)]]

The most comprehensive edition of Hero's works was published in five volumes in Leipzig by the publishing house Teubner in 1903.

Works known to have been written by Hero include:
*''Pneumatica'' (Πνευματικά), a description of machines working on [[air]], [[steam]] or [[water]] [[pressure]], including the ''hydraulis'' or [[water organ]]<ref>{{Cite Grove |last=McKinnon |first=Jamies W. |title=Hero of Alexandria and Hydraulis}}</ref>
*''Automata'', a description of machines which enable wonders in banquets and possibly also theatrical contexts by mechanical or pneumatical means (e.g. automatic opening or closing of temple doors, statues that pour wine and milk, etc.)<ref>On the main translations of the treatise, including [[Bernardino Baldi]]'s [https://books.google.com/books?id=8EI8AAAAcAAJ 1589 translation into Italian], see now the discussion in [http://theses.gla.ac.uk/76774/ Francesco Grillo (2019). ''Hero of Alexandria's Automata. A Critical Edition and Translation, Including a Commentary on Book One'', PhD thesis, Univ. of Glasgow], pp. xxviii–xli.</ref>
*''Belopoeica'', a description of [[mechanized warfare|war machines]]<ref>{{Cite book |title=Liber de machinis bellicis |publisher=Francesco De Franceschi (senese) |location=Venice |year=1572 |language=la |url=https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=117154}}</ref>
*''Dioptra'', a collection of methods to measure lengths, where the [[odometer]] and the [[dioptra]] (an apparatus resembling the [[theodolite]]) are described
*''Metrica'', a work describing how to calculate [[surface area]]s and [[volume]]s of diverse geometrical objects

Works that have been preserved only in Arabic translations:
*''Mechanica'', written for [[architect]]s, containing means to lift heavy objects
*''Catoptrica'', about the progression of [[light]], [[Reflection (physics)|reflection]] and the use of [[mirror]]s

Works that sometimes have been attributed to Hero, but are now thought most likely to have been written by someone else:<ref name=mactutor>{{MacTutor|id=Heron|title=Heron of Alexandria|year=1999|mode=cs1}}</ref>
*''Geometrica'', a collection of problems similar to the first chapter of ''Metrica''<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Høyrup |first=Jens |author-link=Jens Høyrup |year=1997 |title=Hero, Ps-Hero, and Near Eastern practical geometry |url=http://akira.ruc.dk/~jensh/Publications/1996%7bf%7d_Hero.pdf |journal=Antike Naturwissenscha und ihre Rezeption |volume=7 |pages=67–93}}</ref>
*''Stereometrica'', examples of three-dimensional calculations similar to the second chapter of ''Metrica''<ref name=":0" />
*''Mensurae'', tools which can be used to conduct measurements for problems based on ''Stereometrica'' and ''Metrica''
*''Cheiroballistra'', about [[catapult]]s
*''Definitiones'', containing definitions of terms for geometry

Works that are preserved only in fragments:
*''Geodesia''
*''Geoponica''
*A commentary to Euclid's ''[[Euclid's Elements|Elements]]'', attested by Arabic authors but no longer extant