§12.prop.6#2ἐπεζεύχθωσαν γὰρ αἱ ΒΔ, ΕΓ, ΓΔ. ἐπεὶ παραλληλόγραμμόν ἐστι τὸ ΑΒΕΔ, διάμετρος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐστιν ἡ ΒΔ, ἴσον ἄρα ἐστὶ τὸ ΑΒΔ τρίγωνον τῷ ΕΒΔ τριγώνῳ·
For let BD, EG, GD be joined. Since ABED is a parallelogram, and BD is its diameter, therefore the triangle ABD is equal to the triangle EBD.
καὶ ἡ πυραμὶς ἄρα, ἧς βάσις μὲν τὸ ΑΒΔ τρίγωνον, κορυφὴ δὲ τὸ Γ σημεῖον, ἴση ἐστὶ πυραμίδι, ἧς βάσις μέν ἐστι τὸ ΔΕΒ τρίγωνον, κορυφὴ δὲ τὸ Γ σημεῖον.
Therefore also the pyramid, of which the base is the triangle ABD, and the vertex the point G, is equal to the pyramid of which the base is the triangle DEB, and the vertex the point G.
ἀλλὰ ἡ πυραμίς, ἧς βάσις μέν ἐστι τὸ ΔΕΒ τρίγωνον, κορυφὴ δὲ τὸ Γ σημεῖον, ἡ αὐτή ἐστι πυραμίδι, ἧς βάσις μέν ἐστι τὸ ΕΒΓ τρίγωνον, κορυφὴ δὲ τὸ Δ σημεῖον· ὑπὸ γὰρ τῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιπέδων περιέχεται.
But the pyramid, of which the base is the triangle DEB, and the vertex the point G, is the same as the pyramid of which the base is the triangle EBG, and the vertex the point D; for they are contained by the same planes.
καὶ πυραμὶς ἄρα, ἧς βάσις μέν ἐστι τὸ ΑΒΔ τρίγωνον, κορυφὴ δὲ τὸ Γ σημεῖον, ἴση ἐστὶ πυραμίδι, ἧς βάσις μέν ἐστι τὸ ΕΒΓ τρίγωνον, κορυφὴ δὲ τὸ Δ σημεῖον.
Therefore also the pyramid of which the base is the triangle ABD, and the vertex the point G, is equal to the pyramid of which the base is the triangle EBG, and the vertex the point D.
πάλιν, ἐπεὶ παραλληλόγραμμόν ἐστι τὸ ΖΓΒΕ, διάμετρος δέ ἐστιν αὐτοῦ ἡ ΓΕ, ἴσον ἐστὶ τὸ ΓΕΖ τρίγωνον τῷ ΓΒΕ τριγώνῳ.
Again, since ZGBE is a parallelogram, and GE is its diameter, the triangle GEZ is equal to the triangle GBE.
καὶ πυραμὶς ἄρα, ἧς βάσις μέν ἐστι τὸ ΒΓΕ τρίγωνον, κορυφὴ δὲ τὸ Δ σημεῖον, ἴση ἐστὶ πυραμίδι, ἧς βάσις μέν ἐστι τὸ ΕΓΖ τρίγωνον, κορυφὴ δὲ τὸ Δ σημεῖον.
Therefore also the pyramid of which the base is the triangle BGE, and the vertex the point D, is equal to the pyramid of which the base is the triangle EGZ, and the vertex the point D.
ἡ δὲ πυραμίς, ἧς βάσις μέν ἐστι τὸ ΒΓΕ τρίγωνον, κορυφὴ δὲ τὸ Δ σημεῖον, ἴση ἐδείχθη πυραμίδι, ἧς βάσις μέν ἐστι τὸ ΑΒΔ τρίγωνον, κορυφὴ δὲ τὸ Γ σημεῖον· καὶ πυραμὶς ἄρα, ἧς βάσις μέν ἐστι τὸ ΓΕΖ τρίγωνον, κορυφὴ δὲ τὸ Δ σημεῖον, ἴση ἐστὶ πυραμίδι, ἧς βάσις μὲν τὸ ΑΒΔ τρίγωνον, κορυφὴ δὲ τὸ Γ σημεῖον·
But the pyramid of which the base is the triangle BGE, and the vertex the point D, was proved equal to the pyramid of which the base is the triangle ABD, and the vertex the point G; therefore also the pyramid of which the base is the triangle GEZ, and the vertex the point D, is equal to the pyramid of which the base is the triangle ABD, and the vertex the point G.
διῄρηται ἄρα τὸ ΑΒΓΔΕΖ πρίσμα εἰς τρεῖς πυραμίδας ἴσας ἀλλήλαις τριγώνους ἐχούσας βάσεις.
Therefore the prism ABGDEZ has been divided into three pyramids equal to one another having triangular bases.
καὶ ἐπεὶ πυραμίς, ἧς βάσις μέν ἐστι τὸ ΑΒΔ τρίγωνον, κορυφὴ δὲ τὸ Γ σημεῖον, ἡ αὐτή ἐστι πυραμίδι, ἧς βάσις τὸ ΓΑΒ τρίγωνον, κορυφὴ δὲ τὸ Δ σημεῖον· ὑπὸ γὰρ τῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιπέδων περιέχονται· ἡ δὲ πυραμίς, ἧς βάσις τὸ ΑΒΔ τρίγωνον, κορυφὴ δὲ τὸ Γ σημεῖον, τρίτον ἐδείχθη τοῦ πρίσματος, οὗ βάσις τὸ ΑΒΓ τρίγωνον, ἀπεναντίον δὲ τὸ ΔΕΖ, καὶ ἡ πυραμὶς ἄρα, ἧς βάσις τὸ ΑΒΓ τρίγωνον, κορυφὴ δὲ τὸ Δ σημεῖον, τρίτον ἐστὶ τοῦ πρίσματος τοῦ ἔχοντος βάσιν τὴν αὐτὴν τὸ ΑΒΓ τρίγωνον, ἀπεναντίον δὲ τὸ ΔΕΖ.
Πόρισμα
ἐκ δὴ τούτου φανερόν, ὅτι πᾶσα πυραμὶς τρίτον μέρος ἐστὶ τοῦ πρίσματος τοῦ τὴν αὐτὴν βάσιν ἔχοντος αὐτῇ καὶ ὕψος ἴσον·
And since the pyramid, of which the base is the triangle ABD, and the vertex the point G, is the same as the pyramid of which the base is the triangle GAB, and the vertex the point D; for they are contained by the same planes; and the pyramid of which the base is the triangle ABD, and the vertex the point G, was proved to be a third of the prism of which the base is the triangle ABG, and the opposite the triangle DEZ, therefore also the pyramid, of which the base is the triangle ABG, and the vertex the point D, is a third of the prism having the same base, the triangle ABG, and the opposite the triangle DEZ.
ὅπερ ἔδει δεῖξαι.
Porism From this indeed it is manifest that every pyramid is a third part of the prism having the same base with it and equal height; which was to be proved.