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

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

Subchapter 15.12

Chapter 16

Subchapter 16.1

Ἀναγνώρισις δὲ τί μέν ἐστιν, εἴρηται πρότερον· εἴδη δὲ ἀναγνωρίσεως, πρώτη μὲν ἡ ἀτεχνοτάτη, καὶ ᾗ πλεῖστοι χρῶνται δι᾿ ἀπορίαν, ἡ διὰ τῶν σημείων.

Subchapter 16.2

Τούτων δὲ τὰ μὲν σύμφυτα, οἷον λόγχην ἣν φοροῦσι Γηγενεῖς

Subchapter 16.3

ἢ ἀστέρας οἵους ἐν τῷ Θυέστῃ Καρκίνος, τὰ δὲ ἐπίκτητα, καὶ τούτων τὰ μὲν ἐν τῷ σώματι, οἷον οὐλαί, τὰ δὲ ἐκτός, τὰ περιδέραια, καὶ οἷον ἐν τῇ Τυροῖ διὰ τῆς σκάφης.

Subchapter 16.4

Ἔστι δὲ καὶ τούτοις χρῆσθαι ἢ βέλτιον ἢ χεῖρον, οἷον Ὀδυσσεὺς διὰ τῆς οὐλῆς ἄλλως ἀνεγνωρίσθη ὑπὸ τῆς τροφοῦ καὶ ἄλλως ὑπὸ τῶν συβοτῶν·

Subchapter 16.5

εἰσὶ γὰρ αἱ μὲν πίστεως ἕνεκα ἀτεχνότεραι, καὶ αἱ τοιαῦται πᾶσαι, αἱ δὲ ἐκ περιπετείας, ὥσπερ ἡ ἐν τοῖς Νίπτροις, βελτίους.

Subchapter 16.6

Δεύτεραι δὲ αἱ πεποιημέναι ὑπὸ τοῦ ποιητοῦ, διὸ ἄτεχνοι· οἷον Ὀρέστης ἐν τῇ Ἰφιγενείᾳ ἀνεγνώρισε τὴν ἀδελφήν, ἀναγνωρισθεὶς ὑπ᾿ ἐκείνης· ἐκείνη μὲν γὰρ διὰ τῆς ἐπιστολῆς, ἐκεῖνος δὲ διὰ σημείων.

Subchapter 16.7

Ταῦτα οὖν αὐτὸς λέγει ἃ βούλεται ὁ ποιητής, ἀλλ᾿ οὐχ ὁ μῦθος. Διὸ ἐγγὺς τῆς εἰρημένης ἁμαρτίας ἐστίν· ἐξῆν γὰρ ἂν ἔνια καὶ ἐνεγκεῖν. Καὶ ἐν τῷ Σοφοκλέους Τηρεῖ ἡ τῆς κερκίδος φωνή.

Subchapter 16.8

Τρίτη δὲ ἡ διὰ μνήμης, τῷ αἰσθέσθαι τι ἰδόντα, ὥσπερ ἡ ἐν Κυπρίοις τοῖς Δικαιογένους, ἰδὼν γὰρ τὴν γραφὴν ἔκλαυσεν, καὶ ἡ ἐν Ἀλκίνου ἀπολόγῳ, ἀκούων γὰρ τοῦ κιθαριστοῦ καὶ μνησθεὶς ἐδάκρυσεν· ὅθεν ἀνεγνωρίσθησαν.

Subchapter 16.9

Τετάρτη δὲ ἡ ἐκ συλλογισμοῦ, οἷον ἐν Χοηφόροις, ὅτι ὅμοιός τις ἐλήλυθεν, ὅμοιος δὲ οὐθεὶς ἀλλ᾿ ἢ Ὀρέστης· οὗτος ἄρα ἐλήλυθεν. Καὶ ἡ Πολυείδου τοῦ σοφιστοῦ περὶ τῆς Ἰφιγενείας· εἰκὸς γὰρ τὸν Ὀρέστην συλλογίσασθαι ὅτι ἥ τ᾿ ἀδελφὴ ἐτύθη καὶ αὐτῷ συμβαίνει θύεσθαι. Καὶ ἡ ἐν τῷ τοῦ θεοδέκτου Τυδεῖ, ὅτι ἐλθὼν ὡς εὑρήσων υἱὸν αὐτὸς ἀπόλλυται. Καὶ ἡ ἐν τοῖς Φινείδαις· ἰδοῦσαι γὰρ τὸν τόπον συνελογίσαντο τὴν εἱμαρμένην, ὅτι ἐν τούτῳ εἵμαρτο ἀποθανεῖν αὐταῖς· καὶ γὰρ ἐξετέθησαν ἐνταῦθα.

Subchapter 16.10

Ἔστι δέ τις καὶ συνθετὴ ἐκ παραλογισμοῦ τοῦ θεάτρου, οἷον ἐν τῷ Ὀδυσσεῖ τῷ ψευδαγγέλῳ· τὸ μὲν γὰρ τόξον ἔφη γνώσεσθαι ὃ οὐχ ἑωράκει, ὁ δέ, ὡς δι᾿ ἐκείνου ἀναγνωριοῦντος, διὰ τούτου ἐποίησε παραλογισμόν.

Subchapter 16.11

Πασῶν δὲ βελτίστη ἀναγνώρισις ἡ ἐξ αὐτῶν τῶν πραγμάτων, τῆς ἐκπλήξεως γιγνομένης δι᾿ εἰκότων, οἷον ἡ ἐν τῷ Σοφοκλέους Οἰδίποδι καὶ τῇ Ἰφιγενείᾳ· εἰκὸς γὰρ βούλεσθαι ἐπιθεῖναι γράμματα. Αἱ γὰρ τοιαῦται μόναι ἄνευ τῶν πεποιημένων σημείων καὶ περιδεραίων.

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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