# Fragmenta 6.1

Euclid, Fragmenta, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/euclid/fragmenta/6.1

α΄. Ἔστω καταγραφὴ ἡ ΑΒΓ∠ΕΖΗ, καὶ ἔστω, ὡς ἡ ΑΖ πρὸς τὴν ΖΗ, οὕτως ἡ Α∠ πρὸς τὴν ∠Γ, καὶ ἐπεζεύχθω ἡ ΘΚ ὅτι παράλληλός ἐστιν ἡ ΘΚ τῇ ΑΓ. ἤχθω διὰ τοῦ Ζ τῇ Β∠ παράλληλος ἡ ΖΛ. ἐπεὶ οὖν ἔστιν, ὡς ἡ ΑΖ πρὸς τὴν ΖΗ, οὕτως ἡ Α∠ πρὸς τὴν ∠Γ ἀνάπαλιν καὶ συνθέντι καὶ ἐναλλάξ ἐστιν, ὡς ἡ ∠Α πρὸς τὴν ΑΖ, τουτέστιν ἐν παραλλήλῳ ὡς ἡ ΒΑ πρὸς τὴν ΑΛ, οὕτως ἡ ΓΑ πρὸς τὴν ΑΗ παράλληλος ἄρα ἐστὶν ἡ ΛΗ τῇ ΒΓ ἔστιν ἄρα, ὡς ἡ ΕΒ πρὸς τὴν ΒΛ, οὕτως ἐν παραλλήλῳ ἡ ΕΘ πρὸς τὴν ΘΗ. ἔστι δὲ καί, ὡς ἡ ΕΒ πρὸς τὴν ΒΛ, οὕτως ἐν παραλλήλῳ ἡ ΕΚ πρὸς τὴν ΚΖ καὶ ὡς ἄρα ἡ ΕΚ πρὸς τὴν ΚΖ, οὕτως ἐστὶν ἡ ΕΘ πρὸς τὴν ΘΗ. παράλληλος ἄρα ἐστὶν ἡ ΘΚ τῇ ΑΓ. Διὰ δὲ τοῦ συνημμένου οὕτως· ἐπεί ἐστιν, ὡς ἡ ΑΖ πρὸς τὴν ΖΗ, οὕτως ἡ Α∠ πρὸς τὴν ∠Γ. ἀνάπαλίν ἐστιν, ὡς ἡ ΗΖ πρὸς τὴν ΖΑ, οὕτως ἡ Γ∠ πρὸς τὴν ∠Α. συνθέντι καὶ ἐναλλὰξ καὶ ἀναστρέψαντί ἐστιν, ὡς ἡ Α∠ πρὸς τὴν ∠Ζ, οὕτως ἡ ΑΓ πρὸς τὴν ΓΗ. ἀλλʼ ὁ μὲν τῆς Α∠ πρὸς τὴν ∠Ζ συνῆπται ἔκ τε τοῦ τῆς ΑΒ πρὸς τὴν ΒΕ καὶ τοῦ τῆς ΕΚ πρὸς τὴν ΚΖ, ὁ δὲ τῆς ΑΓ πρὸς τὴν ΓΗ ἔκ τε τοῦ τῆς Α Β πρὸς τὴν ΒΕ καὶ τοῦ τῆς ΕΘ πρὸς τὴν ΘΗ ὁ ἄρα συνημμένος λόγος ἔκ τε τοῦ, ὃν ἔχει ἡ ΑΒ πρὸς τὴν ΒΕ, καὶ ἡ ΕΚ πρὸς τὴν ΚΖ, ὁ αὐτός ἔστιν τῷ συνημμένῳ ἔκ τε τοῦ, ὃν ἔχει ἡ ΑΒ πρὸς τὴν ΒΕ, καὶ ἡ ΕΘ πρὸς τὴν ΘΗ. καὶ κοινὸς ἐκκεκρούσθω ὁ τῆς ΑΒ πρὸς τὴν ΒΕ λόγος· λοιπὸν ἄρα ὁ τῆς ΕΚ πρὸς τὴν ΚΖ λόγος ὁ αὐτός ἐστιν τῷ τῆς ΕΘ πρὸς τὴν ΘΗ. παράλληλος ἄρα ἐστὶν ἡ ΘΚ τῇ ΑΓ.

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Euclid, Fragmenta, ed. Heinrich Menge. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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