# Fragmenta 6.12

Euclid, Fragmenta, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/euclid/fragmenta/6.12

ιβ΄. Ἀποδεδειγμένων οὖν τούτων ἔσται δεῖξαι, ὅτι, ἐὰν παράλληλοι ὦσιν αἱ ΑΒ, Γ∠, καὶ εἰς αὐτὰς ἐμπίπτωσιν εὐθεῖαί τινες αἱ Α∠, Α Ζ, ΒΓ ΒΖ, καὶ ἐπιζευχθῶσιν αἱ Ε∠, ΕΓ, γίνεται εὐθεῖα ἡ διὰ τῶν Η, Μ, Κ. ἐπεὶ γὰρ τρίγωνον τὸ ∠ΑΖ, καὶ τῇ ∠ Ζ παράλληλος ἡ ΑΕ, καὶ διῆκται ἡ ΕΓ συμπίπτουσα τῇ ∠ κατὰ τὸ Γ, διὰ τὸ προγεγραμμένον γίνεται, ὡς ἡ ∠ Ζ πρὸς τὴν ΖΓ, οὕτως τὸ ὑπὸ ΓΕ, ΗΘ πρὸς τὸ ὑπὸ ΓΗ, ΘΕ πάλιν, ἐπεὶ τρίγωνόν ἐστιν τὸ Γ ΒΖ, καὶ τῇ Γ∠ παράλληλος ἦκται ἡ ΒΕ, καὶ διῆκται ἡ ∠Ε συμπίπτουσα τῇ ΓΖ∠ κατὰ τὸ ∠, γίνεται, ὡς ἡ ΓΖ πρὸς τὴν Ζ∠, οὕτως τὸ ὑπὸ ∠Ε, ΛΚ πρὸς τὸ ὑπὸ ∠Κ, ΛΕ· ἀνάπαλιν ἄρα γίνεται, ὡς ἡ ∠ Ζ πρὸς τὴν ΖΓ, οὕτως τὸ ὑπὸ ∠Κ, ΛΕ πρὸς τὸ ὑπὸ ∠Ε, ΛΚ. ἦν δὲ καί, ὡς ἡ ∠Ζ πρὸς τὴν Ζ οὕτως τὸ ὑπὸ ΓΕ, ΗΘ πρὸς τὸ ὑπὸ ΓΗ, ΘΕ· καὶ ὡς ἄρα τὸ ὑπὸ ΓΕ, ΗΘ πρὸς τὸ ὑπὸ ΓΗ, ΘΕ ὕτως ἐστὶν τὸ ὑπὸ ∠Κ, ΛΕ πρὸς τὸ ὑπὸ ∠Ε, ΚΛ. πεὶ οὖν εἰς δύο εὐθείας τὰς Γ ΜΛ, ΘΜ∠ δύο εὐθεῖαι διηγμέναι εἰσὶν αἱ ΕΓ, Ε∠, καί ἐστιν, ὡς τὸ ὑπὸ ΓΕ, ΗΘ πρὸς τὸ ὑπὸ ΓΗ, ΘΕ, οὕτωσ τὸ ὑπὸ ∠Κ, ΕΛ πρὸς τὸ ὑπὸ ∠Ε, ΛΚ, εὐθεῖα ἄρα ἐστὶν ἡ διὰ τῶν Η, Μ, Κ τοῦτο γὰρ προδέδεικται.

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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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