Did Archimedes (as told by Vitruvius) actually say "Eureka!"?

No. The real line is "(no Archimedes writing describes the bath incident)" — from Vitruvius, De architectura IX (c. 15 BC).

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"Eureka!"

They never said that.

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"Eureka!"

What was actually said

"(no Archimedes writing describes the bath incident)" Archimedes (as told by Vitruvius) — Vitruvius, De architectura IX (c. 15 BC)

Told by Vitruvius two centuries after Archimedes; no surviving writing by Archimedes mentions a bath.

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