Poetics
Aristotle (384–322 BC)
Aristotle's Poetics in the Greek text edited by Immanuel Bekker.
Chapter 1
Subchapter 1.1
Subchapter 1.2
Subchapter 1.3
Subchapter 1.4
Subchapter 1.5
Subchapter 1.6
Subchapter 1.7
Subchapter 1.8
Subchapter 1.9
Subchapter 1.10
Subchapter 1.11
Subchapter 1.12
Subchapter 1.13
Subchapter 1.14
Chapter 2
Subchapter 2.1
Subchapter 2.2
Subchapter 2.3
Subchapter 2.4
Subchapter 2.5
Subchapter 2.6
Subchapter 2.7
Chapter 3
Subchapter 3.1
Subchapter 3.2
Subchapter 3.3
Subchapter 3.4
Subchapter 3.5
Subchapter 3.6
Subchapter 3.7
Chapter 4
Subchapter 4.1
Subchapter 4.2
Subchapter 4.3
Subchapter 4.4
Subchapter 4.5
Subchapter 4.6
Subchapter 4.7
Subchapter 4.8
Subchapter 4.9
Subchapter 4.10
Subchapter 4.11
Subchapter 4.12
Subchapter 4.13
Subchapter 4.14
Subchapter 4.15
Subchapter 4.16
Subchapter 4.17
Subchapter 4.18
Subchapter 4.19
Subchapter 4.20
Subchapter 4.21
Chapter 5
Subchapter 5.1
Subchapter 5.2
Subchapter 5.3
Subchapter 5.4
Subchapter 5.5
Subchapter 5.6
Subchapter 5.7
Subchapter 5.8
Subchapter 5.9
Subchapter 5.10
Subchapter 5.11
Chapter 6
Subchapter 6.1
Subchapter 6.2
Subchapter 6.3
Subchapter 6.4
Subchapter 6.5
Subchapter 6.6
Subchapter 6.7
Subchapter 6.8
Subchapter 6.9
Subchapter 6.10
Subchapter 6.11
Subchapter 6.12
Subchapter 6.13
Subchapter 6.14
Subchapter 6.15
Subchapter 6.16
Subchapter 6.17
Subchapter 6.18
Subchapter 6.19
Subchapter 6.20
Subchapter 6.21
Subchapter 6.22
Subchapter 6.23
Subchapter 6.24
Subchapter 6.25
Subchapter 6.26
Subchapter 6.27
Subchapter 6.28
Chapter 7
Subchapter 7.1
Subchapter 7.2
Subchapter 7.3
Subchapter 7.4
Subchapter 7.5
Subchapter 7.6
Subchapter 7.7
Subchapter 7.8
Subchapter 7.9
Subchapter 7.10
Subchapter 7.11
Subchapter 7.12
Ὁ δὲ κατ᾿ αὐτὴν τὴν φύσιν τοῦ πράγματος ὅρος, ἀεὶ μὲν ὁ μείζων μέχρι τοῦ σύνδηλος εἶναι καλλίων ἐστὶ κατὰ τὸ μέγεθος, ὡς δὲ ἁπλῶς διορίσαντας εἰπεῖν, ἐν ὅσῳ μεγέθει κατὰ τὸ εἰκὸς ἢ τὸ ἀναγκαῖον ἐφεξῆς γιγνομένων συμβαίνει εἰς εὐτυχίαν ἐκ δυστυχίας ἢ ἐξ εὐτυχίας εἰς δυστυχίαν μεταβάλλειν, ἱκανὸς ὅρος ἐστὶ τοῦ μεγέθους.