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ἐστιν ἴση. καὶ ἐπεὶ ἴση ἐστὶν ἡ ΒΑ εὐθεῖα τῇ ΑΕ, ἴση ἐστὶ ble BAC, inasmuch as circumference EDC is also dou-
καὶ γωνία ἡ ὑπὸ ΑΒΕ τῇ ὑπὸ ΑΕΒ. ἀλλὰ ἡ ὑπὸ ΑΒΕ τῇ ble circumference CB [Props. 3.28, 6.33]. Thus, angle
ὑπὸ ΒΑΘ ἐδείχθη ἴση· καὶ ἡ ὑπὸ ΒΕΑ ἄρα τῇ ὑπὸ ΒΑΘ HAE (is) equal to (angle) AHE. Hence, straight-line
ἐστιν ἴση. καὶ κοινὴ τῶν δύο τριγώνων τοῦ τε ΑΒΕ καὶ HE is also equal to (straight-line) EA—that is to say,
τοῦ ΑΒΘ ἐστιν ἡ ὑπὸ ΑΒΕ· λοιπὴ ἄρα ἡ ὑπὸ ΒΑΕ γωνία to (straight-line) AB [Prop. 1.6]. And since straight-line
λοιπῇ τῇ ὑπὸ ΑΘΒ ἐστιν ἴση· ἰσογώνιον ἄρα ἐστὶ τὸ ΑΒΕ BA is equal to AE, angle ABE is also equal to AEB
τρίγωνον τῷ ΑΒΘ τριγώνῳ· ἀνάλογον ἄρα ἐστὶν ὡς ἡ ΕΒ [Prop. 1.5]. But, ABE was shown (to be) equal to BAH.
πρὸς τὴν ΒΑ, οὕτως ἡ ΑΒ πρὸς τὴν ΒΘ. ἴση δὲ ἡ ΒΑ τῇ Thus, BEA is also equal to BAH. And (angle) ABE is
ΕΘ· ὡς ἄρα ἡ ΒΕ πρὸς τὴν ΕΘ, οὕτως ἡ ΕΘ πρὸς τὴν ΘΒ. common to the two triangles ABE and ABH. Thus, the
μείζων δὲ ἡ ΒΕ τῆς ΕΘ· μείζων ἄρα καὶ ἡ ΕΘ τῆς ΘΒ. ἡ remaining angle BAE is equal to the remaining (angle)
ΒΕ ἅρα ἄκρον καὶ μέσον λόγον τέτμηται κατὰ τὸ Θ, καὶ τὸ AHB [Prop. 1.32]. Thus, triangle ABE is equiangular to
μεῖζον τμῆμα τὸ ΘΕ ἴσον ἐστὶ τῇ τοῦ πενταγώνου πλευρᾷ. triangle ABH. Thus, proportionally, as EB is to BA, so
ὁμοίως δὴ δείξομεν, ὅτι καὶ ἡ ΑΓ ἄκρον καὶ μέσον λόγον AB (is) to BH [Prop. 6.4]. And BA (is) equal to EH.
τέτμηται κατὰ τὸ Θ, καὶ τὸ μεῖζον αὐτῆς τμῆμα ἡ ΓΘ ἴσον Thus, as BE (is) to EH, so EH (is) to HB. And BE
jþ the side of the pentagon. So, similarly, we can show that
ἐστὶ τῇ τοῦ πενταγώνου πλευρᾷ· ὅπερ ἔδει δεῖξαι. (is) greater than EH. EH (is) thus also greater than
HB [Prop. 5.14]. Thus, BE has been cut in extreme and
mean ratio at H, and the greater piece HE is equal to
AC has also been cut in extreme and mean ratio at H,
and that its greater piece CH is equal to the side of the
pentagon. (Which is) the very thing it was required to
show.

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Proposition 9
᾿Εὰν ἡ τοῦ ἑξαγώνου πλευρὰ καὶ ἡ τοῦ δεκαγώνου τῶν If the side of a hexagon and of a decagon inscribed
εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν κύκλον ἐγγραφομένων συντεθῶσιν, ἡ ὅλη in the same circle are added together then the whole
εὐθεῖα ἄκρον καὶ μέσον λόγον τέτμηται, καὶ τὸ μεῖξον αὐτῆς straight-line has been cut in extreme and mean ratio (at
τμῆμά ἐστιν ἡ τοῦ ἑξαγώνου πλευρά. the junction point), and its greater piece is the side of the
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hexagon.
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D
῎Εστω κύκλος ὁ ΑΒΓ, καὶ τῶν εἰς τὸν ΑΒΓ κύκλον Let ABC be a circle. And of the figures inscribed in
ἐγγραφομένων σχημάτων, δεκαγώνου μὲν ἔστω πλευρὰ ἡ circle ABC, let BC be the side of a decagon, and CD (the
ΒΓ, ἑξαγώνου δὲ ἡ ΓΔ, καὶ ἔστωσαν ἐπ᾿ εὐθείας· λέγω, ὅτι side) of a hexagon. And let them be (laid down) straight-
ἡ ὅλη εὐθεῖα ἡ ΒΔ ἄκρον καὶ μέσον λόγον τέτμηται, καὶ τὸ on (to one another). I say that the whole straight-line
μεῖζον αὐτῆς τμῆμά ἐστιν ἡ ΓΔ. BD has been cut in extreme and mean ratio (at C), and
Εἰλήφθω γὰρ τὸ κέντρον τοῦ κύκλου τὸ Ε σημεῖον, καὶ that CD is its greater piece.
ἐπεζεύχθωσαν αἱ ΕΒ, ΕΓ, ΕΔ, καὶ διήχθω ἡ ΒΕ ἐπὶ τὸ For let the center of the circle, point E, have been

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