# Fragmenta 6.17

Euclid, Fragmenta, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/euclid/fragmenta/6.17

ιζ΄. Ἀλλὰ δὴ μὴ ἔστω παράλληλος ἡ ΑΒ τῇ Γ∠, ἀλλὰ συμπιπτέτω κατὰ τὸ Ν. ἐπεὶ οὖν ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ σημείου τοῦ ∠ εἰς τρεῖς εὐθείας τὰς ΒΝ, ΒΓ, ΒΖ δύο εὐθεῖαι διηγμέναι εἰσὶν αἱ ∠Ε, ∠Ν, ἔστιν, ὡς τὸ ὑπὸ Ν∠, ΓΖ πρὸς τὸ ὑπὸ ΝΓ, ∠Ζ, οὕτως τὸ ὑπὸ ∠Ε, ΚΛ πρὸς τὸ ὑπὸ ΕΛ, Κ∠. ὡς δὲ τὸ ὑπὸ Ε∠, ΚΛ πρὸς τὸ ὑπὸ ΕΛ, Κ∠, οὕτως ἐστὶν τὸ ὑπὸ ΕΘ, ΓΗ πρὸς τὸ ὑπὸ ΕΓ, ΘΗ· πάλιν γὰρ εἰς τρεῖς τὰς ΓΛ, ∠Θ, ΗΚ ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ σημείου τοῦ Ε δύο ἠγμέναι εἰσὶν αἱ ΕΓ, Ε∠· καὶ ὡς ἄρα τὸ ὑπὸ ΕΘ, ΓΗ πρὸς τὸ ὑπὸ ΕΓ, ΘΗ, οὕτως τὸ ὑπὸ Ν∠, ΓΖ πρὸς τὸ ὑπὸ ΝΓ, Ζ∠. διὰ δὴ τὸ προγεγραμμένον εὐθεῖά ἐστιν ἡ διὰ τῶν Α, Θ, ∠· καὶ ἡ διὰ τῶν Α, Μ, Δ ἄρα εὐθεῖά ἐστιν.

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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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