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
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
Ἐπεὶ δὲ μίμησίς ἐστιν ἡ τραγῳδία βελτιόνων, ἡμᾶς δεῖ μιμεῖσθαι τοὺς ἀγαθοὺς εἰκονογράφους· καὶ γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι ἀποδιδόντες τὴν ἰδίαν μορφήν, ὁμοίους ποιοῦντες, καλλίους γράφουσιν. Οὕτω καὶ τὸν ποιητὴν μιμούμενον καὶ ὀργίλους καὶ ῥᾳθύμους καὶ τἆλλα τὰ τοιαῦτα ἔχοντας ἐπὶ τῶν ἠθῶν, ἐπιεικείας ποιεῖν παράδειγμα ἢ σκληρότητος δεῖ, οἷον τὸν Ἀχιλλέα Ἀγάθων καὶ Ὅμηρος.