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
Subchapter 9.2
Subchapter 9.3
Subchapter 9.4
Subchapter 9.5
Subchapter 9.6
Subchapter 9.7
Subchapter 9.8
Subchapter 9.9
Subchapter 9.10
Subchapter 9.11
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
Ἔστι μὲν οὖν τὸ φοβερὸν καὶ ἐλεεινὸν ἐκ τῆς ὄψεως γίνεσθαι, ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἐξ αὐτῆς τῆς συστάσεως τῶν πραγμάτων, ὅπερ ἐστὶ πρότερον καὶ ποιητοῦ ἀμείνονος.
Subchapter 14.2
Δεῖ γὰρ καὶ ἄνευ τοῦ ὁρᾶν οὕτω συνεστάναι τὸν μῦθον ὥστε τὸν ἀκούοντα τὰ πράγματα γινόμενα καὶ φρίττειν καὶ ἐλεεῖν ἐκ τῶν συμβαινόντων· ἅπερ ἂν πάθοι τις ἀκούων τὸν τοῦ Οἰδίποδος μῦθον.
Subchapter 14.3
Τὸ δὲ διὰ τῆς ὄψεως τοῦτο παρασκευάζειν ἀτεχνότερον καὶ χορηγίας δεόμενόν ἐστιν.
Subchapter 14.4
Οἱ δὲ μὴ τὸ φοβερὸν διὰ τῆς ὄψεως ἀλλὰ τὸ τερατῶδες μόνον παρασκευάζοντες οὐδὲν τραγῳδίᾳ κοινωνοῦσιν· οὐ γὰρ πᾶσαν δεῖ ζητεῖν ἡδονὴν ἀπὸ τραγῳδίας, ἀλλὰ τὴν οἰκείαν.
Subchapter 14.5
Ἐπεὶ δὲ τὴν ἀπὸ ἐλέου καὶ φόβου διὰ μιμήσεως δεῖ ἡδονὴν παρασκευάζειν τὸν ποιητήν, φανερὸν ὡς τοῦτο ἐν τοῖς πράγμασιν ἐμποιητέον.
Subchapter 14.6
Ποῖα οὖν δεινὰ ἢ ποῖα οἰκτρὰ φαίνεται τῶν συμπιπτόντων, λάβωμεν. Ἀνάγκη δὲ ἢ φίλων εἶναι πρὸς ἀλλήλους τὰς τοιαύτας πράξεις ἢ ἐχθρῶν ἢ μηδετέρων.
Subchapter 14.7
Ἂν μὲν οὖν ἐχθρὸς ἐχθρὸν ἀποκτείνῃ, οὐδὲν ἐλεεινὸν οὔτε ποιῶν οὔτε μέλλων δείκνυσι, πλὴν κατ᾿ αὐτὸ τὸ πάθος·
Subchapter 14.8
οὐδ᾿ ἂν μηδετέρως ἔχοντες.
Subchapter 14.9
Ὅταν δ᾿ ἐν ταῖς φιλίαις ἐγγένηται τὰ πάθη, οἷον εἰ ἀδελφὸς ἀδελφὸν ἢ υἱὸς πατέρα ἢ μήτηρ υἱὸν ἢ υἱὸς μητέρα ἀποκτείνει ἢ μέλλει ἤ τι ἄλλο τοιοῦτον δρᾷ, ταῦτα ζητητέον.
Subchapter 14.10
Τοὺς μὲν οὖν παρειλημμένους μύθους λύειν οὐκ ἔστιν, λέγω δὲ οἷον τὴν Κλυταιμνήστραν ἀποθανοῦσαν ὑπὸ τοῦ Ὀρέστου καὶ τὴν Ἐριφύλην ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἀλκμαίωνος·
Subchapter 14.11
αὐτὸν δἐ εὑρίσκειν δεῖ, καὶ τοῖς παραδεδομένοις χρῆσθαι καλῶς. Τὸ δὲ καλῶς τί λέγομεν, εἴπωμεν σαφέστερον.