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I made this animation myself on February 9, 2005. It is an animation of the construction of a regular hexagon with straightedge and compass alone, based on the method given by Euclid's Elements, Book IV, Proposition 15. Jonathan48 21:26, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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