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
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
Λέγω δὲ οὕτως ἂν θεωρεῖσθαι τὸ καθόλου, οἷον τῆς Ἰφιγενείας. Τυθείσης τινὸς κόρης καὶ ἀφανισθείσης ἀδήλως τοῖς θύσασιν, ἱδρυνθείσης δὲ εἰς ἄλλην χώραν, ἐν ᾗ νόμος ἦν τοὺς ξένους θύειν τῇ θεῷ, ταύτην ἔσχε τὴν ἱερωσύνην. Χρόνῳ δ᾿ ὕστερον τῷ ἀδελφῷ συνέβη ἐλθεῖν τῆς ἱερείας. Τὸ δὲ ὅτι ἀνεῖλεν ὁ θεὸς διά τιν᾿ αἰτίαν ἔξω τοῦ καθόλου ἐλθεῖν ἐκεῖ, καὶ ἐφ᾿ ὅ τι δέ, ἔξω τοῦ μύθου. Ἐλθὼν δὲ καὶ ληφθεὶς θύεσθαι μέλλων ἀνεγνώρισεν, εἴθ᾿ ὡς Εὐριπίδης εἴθ᾿ ὡς Πολύειδος ἐποίησεν, κατὰ τὸ εἰκὸς εἰπὼν ὅτι οὐκ ἄρα μόνον τὴν ἀδελφὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτὸν ἔδει τυθῆναι· καὶ ἐντεῦθεν ἡ σωτηρία.