Poetics

Aristotle

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

Chapter 8

Subchapter 8.1

Subchapter 8.2

Subchapter 8.3

Subchapter 8.4

Chapter 9

Subchapter 9.1

Φανερὸν δὲ ἐκ τῶν εἰρημένων καὶ ὅτι οὐ τὸ τὰ γενόμενα λέγειν, τοῦτο ποιητοῦ ἔργον ἐστίν, ἀλλ᾿ οἷα ἂν γένοιτο, καὶ τὰ δυνατὰ κατὰ τὸ εἰκὸς ἢ τὸ ἀναγκαῖον.

Subchapter 9.2

Ὁ γὰρ ἱστορικὸς καὶ ὁ ποιητὴς οὐ τῷ ἢ ἔμμετρα λέγειν ἢ ἄμετρα διαφέρουσιν· εἴη γὰρ ἂν τὰ Ἡροδότου εἰς μέτρα τεθῆναι, καὶ οὐδὲν ἧττον ἂν εἴη ἱστορία τις μετὰ μέτρου ἢ ἄνευ μέτρων· ἀλλὰ τούτῳ διαφέρει, τῷ τὸν μὲν τὰ γενόμενα λέγειν, τὸν δὲ οἷα ἂν γένοιτο.

Subchapter 9.3

Διὸ καὶ φιλοσοφώτερον καὶ σπουδαιότερον ποίησις ἱστορίας ἐστίν· ἡ μὲν γὰρ ποίησις μᾶλλον τὰ καθόλου, ἡ δ᾿ ἱστορία τὰ καθ᾿ ἕκαστον λέγει.

Subchapter 9.4

Ἔστι δὲ καθόλου μέν, τῷ ποίῳ τὰ ποῖ᾿ ἄττα συμβαίνει λέγειν ἢ πράττειν κατὰ τὸ εἰκὸς ἢ τὸ ἀναγκαῖον, οὗ στοχάζεται ἡ ποίησις ὀνόματα ἐπιτιθεμένη· τὰ δὲ καθ᾿ ἕκαστον, τί Ἀλκιβιάδης ἔπραξεν ἢ τί ἔπαθεν.

Subchapter 9.5

Ἐπὶ μὲν οὖν τῆς κωμῳδίας ἤδη τοῦτο δῆλον γέγονεν· συστήσαντες γὰρ τὸν μῦθον διὰ τῶν εἰκότων οὕτω τὰ τυχόντα ὀνόματα ἐπιτιθέασι, καὶ οὐχ ὥσπερ οἱ ἰαμβοποιοὶ περὶ τῶν καθ᾿ ἕκαστον ποιοῦσιν.

Subchapter 9.6

Ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς τραγῳδίας τῶν γενομένων ὀνομάτων ἀντέχονται. Αἴτιον δ᾿ ὅτι πιθανόν ἐστι τὸ δυνατόν· τὰ μὲν οὖν μὴ γενόμενα οὔπω πιστεύομεν εἶναι δυνατά, τὰ δὲ γενόμενα φανερὸν ὅτι δυνατά· οὐ γὰρ ἂν ἐγένετο, εἰ ἦν ἀδύνατα.

Subchapter 9.7

Οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν ταῖς τραγῳδίαις ἐνίαις μὲν ἓν ἢ δύο τῶν γνωρίμων ἐστὶν ὀνομάτων, τὰ δὲ ἄλλα πεποιημένα, ἐν ἐνίαις δὲ οὐθέν, οἷον ἐν τῷ Ἀγάθωνος ἄνθει· ὁμοίως γὰρ ἐν τούτῳ τά τε πράγματα καὶ τὰ ὀνόματα πεποίηται, καὶ οὐδὲν ἧττον εὐφραίνει.

Subchapter 9.8

Ὥστ᾿ οὐ πάντως εἶναι ζητητέον τῶν παραδεδομένων μύθων, περὶ οὓς αἱ τραγῳδίαι εἰσίν, ἀντέχεσθαι. Καὶ γὰρ γελοῖον τοῦτο ζητεῖν, ἐπεὶ καὶ τὰ γνώριμα ὀλίγοις γνώριμά ἐστιν, ἀλλ᾿ ὅμως εὐφραίνει πάντας.

Subchapter 9.9

Δῆλον οὖν ἐκ τούτων ὅτι τὸν ποιητὴν μᾶλλον τῶν μύθων εἶναι δεῖ ποιητὴν ἢ τῶν μέτρων, ὅσῳ ποιητὴς κατὰ τὴν μίμησίν ἐστι, μιμεῖται δὲ τὰς πράξεις.

Subchapter 9.10

Κἂν ἄρα συμβῇ γενόμενα ποιεῖν, οὐθὲν ἧττον ποιητής ἐστιν· τῶν γὰρ γενομένων ἔνια οὐδὲν κωλύει τοιαῦτα εἶναι οἷα ἂν εἰκὸς γενέσθαι καὶ δυνατὰ γενέσθαι, καθ᾿ ὃ ἐκεῖνος αὐτῶν ποιητής ἐστιν.

Subchapter 9.11

Τῶν δὲ ἁπλῶν μύθων καὶ πράξεων αἱ ἐπεισοδιώδεις εἰσὶ χείρισται. Λέγω δ᾿ ἐπεισοδιώδη μῦθον, ἐν ᾧ τὰ ἐπεισόδια μετ᾿ ἄλληλα οὔτ᾿ εἰκὸς οὔτ᾿ ἀνάγκη εἶναι.

Caput XII: Subchapter 9.11b

Caput XIII: Subchapter 9.11c

Subchapter 9.12

Subchapter 9.13

Chapter 10

Subchapter 10.1

Subchapter 10.2

Subchapter 10.3

Subchapter 10.4

Chapter 11

Subchapter 11.1

Subchapter 11.2

Subchapter 11.3

Subchapter 11.4

Subchapter 11.5

Subchapter 11.6

Subchapter 11.7

Subchapter 11.8

Subchapter 11.9

Subchapter 11.10

Chapter 12

Subchapter 12.1

Subchapter 12.2

Subchapter 12.3

Subchapter 12.4

Subchapter 12.5

Subchapter 12.6

Subchapter 12.7

Subchapter 12.8

Subchapter 12.9

Subchapter 12.10

Chapter 13

Subchapter 13.1

Subchapter 13.2

Subchapter 13.3

Subchapter 13.4

Subchapter 13.5

Subchapter 13.6

Subchapter 13.7

Subchapter 13.8

Subchapter 13.9

Subchapter 13.10

Subchapter 13.11

Subchapter 13.12

Subchapter 13.13

Chapter 14

Subchapter 14.1

Subchapter 14.2

Subchapter 14.3

Subchapter 14.4

Subchapter 14.5

Subchapter 14.6

Subchapter 14.7

Subchapter 14.8

Subchapter 14.9

Subchapter 14.10

Subchapter 14.11

Subchapter 14.12

Subchapter 14.13

Subchapter 14.14

Subchapter 14.15

Subchapter 14.16

Subchapter 14.17

Subchapter 14.18

Subchapter 14.19

Subchapter 14.20

Subchapter 14.21

Chapter 15

Subchapter 15.1

Subchapter 15.2

Subchapter 15.3

Subchapter 15.4

Subchapter 15.5

Subchapter 15.6

Subchapter 15.7

Subchapter 15.8

Subchapter 15.9

Subchapter 15.10

Caput XI: Subchapter 15.10b

Caput XII: Subchapter 15.10c

Caput XIII: Subchapter 15.10d

Subchapter 15.11

Subchapter 15.12

Chapter 16

Subchapter 16.1

Subchapter 16.2

Subchapter 16.3

Subchapter 16.4

Subchapter 16.5

Subchapter 16.6

Subchapter 16.7

Subchapter 16.8

Subchapter 16.9

Subchapter 16.10

Subchapter 16.11

Subchapter 16.12

Chapter 17

Subchapter 17.1

Subchapter 17.2

Subchapter 17.3

Subchapter 17.4

Subchapter 17.5

Subchapter 17.6

Subchapter 17.7

Subchapter 17.8

Subchapter 17.9

Subchapter 17.10

Subchapter 17.11

Chapter 18

Subchapter 18.1

Subchapter 18.2

Subchapter 18.3

Subchapter 18.4

Subchapter 18.5

Subchapter 18.6

Subchapter 18.7

Subchapter 18.8

Subchapter 18.9

Subchapter 18.10

Subchapter 18.11

Subchapter 18.12

Subchapter 18.13

Subchapter 18.14

Subchapter 18.15

Subchapter 18.16

Subchapter 18.17

Subchapter 18.18

Subchapter 18.19

Subchapter 18.20

Chapter 19

Subchapter 19.1

Subchapter 19.2

Subchapter 19.3

Subchapter 19.4

Subchapter 19.5

Subchapter 19.6

Subchapter 19.7

Subchapter 19.8

Subchapter 19.9

Chapter 20

Subchapter 20.1

Subchapter 20.2

Subchapter 20.3

Subchapter 20.4

Subchapter 20.5

Subchapter 20.6

Subchapter 20.7

Subchapter 20.8

Subchapter 20.9

Subchapter 20.10

Subchapter 20.11

Subchapter 20.12

Subchapter 20.13

Chapter 21

Subchapter 21.1

Subchapter 21.2

Subchapter 21.3

Subchapter 21.4

Subchapter 21.5

Subchapter 21.6

Subchapter 21.7

Subchapter 21.8

Subchapter 21.9

Subchapter 21.10

Subchapter 21.11

Subchapter 21.12

Subchapter 21.13

Subchapter 21.14

Subchapter 21.15

Subchapter 21.16

Subchapter 21.17

Subchapter 21.18

Subchapter 21.19

Subchapter 21.20

Subchapter 21.21

Subchapter 21.22

Subchapter 21.23

Subchapter 21.24

Subchapter 21.25

Subchapter 21.26

Chapter 22

Subchapter 22.1

Subchapter 22.2

Subchapter 22.3

Subchapter 22.4

Subchapter 22.5

Subchapter 22.6

Subchapter 22.7

Subchapter 22.8

Subchapter 22.9

Subchapter 22.10

Subchapter 22.11

Subchapter 22.12

Subchapter 22.13

Subchapter 22.14

Subchapter 22.15

Subchapter 22.16

Subchapter 22.17

Subchapter 22.18

Subchapter 22.19

Subchapter 22.20

Chapter 23

Subchapter 23.1

Subchapter 23.2

Subchapter 23.3

Subchapter 23.4

Subchapter 23.5

Subchapter 23.6

Subchapter 23.7

Chapter 24

Subchapter 24.1

Subchapter 24.2

Subchapter 24.3

Subchapter 24.4

Subchapter 24.5

Subchapter 24.6

Subchapter 24.7

Subchapter 24.8

Subchapter 24.9

Subchapter 24.10

Subchapter 24.11

Subchapter 24.12

Subchapter 24.13

Subchapter 24.14

Subchapter 24.15

Subchapter 24.16

Subchapter 24.17

Subchapter 24.18

Subchapter 24.19

Subchapter 24.20

Subchapter 24.21

Subchapter 24.22

Subchapter 24.23

Chapter 25

Subchapter 25.1

Subchapter 25.2

Subchapter 25.3

Subchapter 25.4

Subchapter 25.5

Subchapter 25.6

Subchapter 25.7

Subchapter 25.8

Subchapter 25.9

Subchapter 25.10

Subchapter 25.11

Subchapter 25.12

Subchapter 25.13

Subchapter 25.14

Subchapter 25.15

Subchapter 25.16

Subchapter 25.17

Subchapter 25.18

Subchapter 25.19

Subchapter 25.20

Subchapter 25.21

Subchapter 25.22

Subchapter 25.23

Subchapter 25.24

Subchapter 25.25

Subchapter 25.26

Subchapter 25.27

Subchapter 25.28

Subchapter 25.29

Subchapter 25.30

Subchapter 25.31

Subchapter 25.32

Chapter 26

Subchapter 26.1

Subchapter 26.2

Subchapter 26.3

Subchapter 26.4

Subchapter 26.5

Subchapter 26.6

Subchapter 26.7

Subchapter 26.8

Subchapter 26.9

Subchapter 26.10

Subchapter 26.11

Subchapter 26.12

Subchapter 26.13

Subchapter 26.14

Subchapter 26.15

Subchapter 26.16

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