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
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
Ὀνόματος δὲ εἴδη τὸ μὲν ἁπλοῦν (ἁπλοῦν δὲ λέγω ὃ μὴ ἐκ σημαινόντων σύγκειται, οἷον γῆ) τὸ δὲ διπλοῦν·
Subchapter 21.2
τούτου δὲ τὸ μὲν ἐκ σημαίνοντος καὶ ἀσήμου, τὸ δὲ ἐκ σημαινόντων σύγκειται.
Subchapter 21.3
Εἴη δ᾿ ἂν καὶ τριπλοῦν καὶ τετραπλοῦν καὶ πολλαπλοῦν ὄνομα, οἷον τὰ πολλὰ τῶν Μεγαλιωτῶν Ἑρμοκαϊκόξανθος.
Subchapter 21.4
Ἅπαν δὲ ὄνομά ἐστιν ἢ κύριον ἢ γλῶττα ἢ μεταφορὰ ἢ κόσμος ἢ πεποιημένον ἢ ἐπεκτεταμένον ἢ ὑφῃρημένον ἢ ἐξηλλαγμένον.
Subchapter 21.5
Λέγω δὲ κύριον μὲν ᾧ χρῶνται ἕκαστοι,
Subchapter 21.6
γλῶτταν δὲ ᾧ ἕτεροι, ὥστε φανερὸν ὅτι καὶ γλῶτταν καὶ κύριον εἶναι δυνατὸν τὸ αὐτό, μὴ τοῖς αὐτοῖς δέ· τὸ γὰρ σίγυνον Κυπρίοις μὲν κύριον, ἡμῖν δὲ γλῶττα.
Subchapter 21.7
Μεταφορὰ δ᾿ ἐστὶν ὀνόματος ἀλλοτρίου ἐπιφορὰ ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ γένους ἐπὶ εἶδος, ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ εἴδους ἐπὶ γένος, ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ εἴδους ἐπὶ εἶδος, ἢ κατὰ τὸ ἀνάλογον.
Subchapter 21.8
Λέγω δὲ ἀπὸ γένους μὲν ἐπὶ εἶδος, οἷον Νηῦς δέ μοι ἥδ᾿ ἕστηκε·
Subchapter 21.9
τὸ γὰρ ὁρμεῖν ἐστὶν ἑστάναι τι. Ἀπ᾿ εἴδους δὲ ἐπὶ γένος· Ἦ δὴ μυρί᾿ Ὀδυσσεὺς ἐσθλὰ ἔοργεν· τὸ γὰρ μυρίον πολύ ἐστιν, ᾧ νῦν ἀντὶ τοῦ πολλοῦ κέχρηται.
Subchapter 21.10
Ἀπ᾿ εἴδους δὲ ἐπὶ εἶδος, οἷον χαλκῷ ἀπὸ ψυχὴν ἀρύσας καὶ τεμὼν ἀτειρέϊ χαλκῷ· ἐνταῦθα γὰρ τὸ μὲν ἀρύσαι ταμεῖν, τὸ δὲ ταμεῖν ἀρύσαι εἴρηκεν· ἄμφω γὰρ ἀφελεῖν τι ἐστίν.
Subchapter 21.11
Τὸ δὲ ἀνάλογον λέγω, ὅταν ὁμοίως ἔχῃ τὸ δεύτερον πρὸς τὸ πρῶτον καὶ τὸ τέταρτον πρὸς τὸ τρίτον· ἐρεῖ γὰρ ἀντὶ τοῦ δευτέρου τὸ τέταρτον ἢ ἀντὶ τοῦ τετάρτου τὸ δεύτερον.