Poetics

Name: Poetics
Author: Aristotle

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

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

Λέξεως δὲ ἀρετὴ σαφῆ καὶ μὴ ταπεινὴν εἶναι.

Subchapter 22.2

Σαφεστάτη μὲν οὖν ἐστὶν ἡ ἐκ τῶν κυρίων ὀνομάτων, ἀλλὰ ταπεινή· παράδειγμα δὲ ἡ Κλεοφῶντος ποίησις καὶ ἡ Σθενέλου.

Subchapter 22.3

Σεμνὴ δὲ καὶ ἐξαλλάττουσα τὸ ἰδιωτικὸν ἡ τοῖς ξενικοῖς κεχρημένη. Ξενικὸν δὲ λέγω γλῶτταν καὶ μεταφορὰν καὶ ἐπέκτασιν καὶ πᾶν τὸ παρὰ τὸ κύριον.

Subchapter 22.4

Ἀλλ᾿ ἄν τις ἅπαντα τοιαῦτα ποιήσῃ, ἢ αἴνιγμα ἔσται ἢ βαρβαρισμός. Ἂν μὲν οὖν ἐκ μεταφορῶν, αἴνιγμα, ἐὰν δὲ ἐκ γλωττῶν, βαρβαρισμός.

Subchapter 22.5

Αἰνίγματος γὰρ ἰδέα αὕτη ἐστί, τὸ λέγοντα ὑπάρχοντα ἀδύνατα συνάψαι. Κατὰ μὲν οὖν τὴν τῶν ὀνόματων σύνθεσιν οὐχ οἷόν τε τοῦτο ποιῆσαι, κατὰ δὲ τὴν μεταφορὰν ἐνδέχεται, οἷον Ἄνδρ᾿ εἶδον πυρὶ χαλκὸν ἐπ᾿ ἀνέρι κολλήσαντα, καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα.

Subchapter 22.6

Ἐκ δὲ τῶν γλωττῶν ὁ βαρβαρισμός.

Subchapter 22.7

Δεῖ ἄρα κεκρᾶσθαί πως τούτοις· τὸ μὲν γὰρ μὴ ἰδιωτικὸν ποιήσει μηδὲ ταπεινὸν ἡ γλῶττα καὶ ἡ μεταφορὰ καὶ ὁ κόσμος καὶ τἆλλα τὰ εἰρημένα εἴδη, τὸ δὲ κύριον τὴν σαφήνειαν.

Subchapter 22.8

Οὐκ ἐλάχιστον δὲ μέρος συμβάλλονται εἰς τὸ σαφὲς τῆς λέξεως καὶ μὴ ἰδιωτικὸν αἱ ἐπεκτάσεις καὶ ἀποκοπαὶ καὶ ἐξαλλαγαὶ τῶν ὀνομάτων· διὰ μὲν γὰρ τὸ ἄλλως ἔχειν ἢ ὡς τὸ κύριον παρὰ τὸ εἰωθὸς γιγνόμενον τὸ μὴ ἰδιωτικὸν ποιήσει, διὰ δὲ τὸ κοινωνεῖν τοῦ εἰωθότος τὸ σαφὲς ἔσται.

Subchapter 22.9

Ὥστε οὐκ ὀρθῶς ψέγουσιν οἱ ἐπιτιμῶντες τῷ τοιούτῳ τρόπῳ τῆς διαλέκτου καὶ διακωμῳδοῦντες τὸν ποιητήν, οἷον Εὐκλείδης ὁ ἀρχαῖος, ὡς ῥᾴδιον ποιεῖν, εἴ τις δώσει ἐκτείνειν ἐφ᾿ ὁπόσον βούλεται, ἰαμβοποιήσας ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ λέξει· ἠτίχαριν εἶδον Μαραθῶνάδε βαδίζοντα, καὶ οὐκ ἂν γεράμενος τὸν ἐκείνου ἐλλέβορον.

Subchapter 22.10

Τὸ μὲν οὖν φαίνεσθαί πως χρώμενον τούτῳ τῷ τρόπῳ γελοῖον, τὸ δὲ μέτρον κοινὸν ἁπάντων ἐστὶ τῶν μερῶν·

Subchapter 22.11

καὶ γὰρ μεταφοραῖς καὶ γλώτταις καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις εἴδεσι χρώμενος ἀπρεπῶς καὶ ἐπίτηδες ἐπὶ τὰ γελοῖα τὸ αὐτὸ ἂν ἀπεργάσαιτο.