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
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
Καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γλώττης δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν μεταφορῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἰδεῶν μετατιθεὶς ἄν τις τὰ κύρια ὀνόματα κατίδοι ὅτι ἀληθῆ λέγομεν· οἷον τὸ αὐτὸ ποιήσαντος ἰαμβεῖον Αἰσχύλου καὶ Εὐριπίδου, ἓν δὲ μόνον ὄνομα μεταθέντος, ἀντὶ κυρίου εἰωθότος γλῶτταν, τὸ μὲν φαίνεται καλὸν τὸ δ᾿ εὐτελές. Αἰσχύλος μὲν γὰρ ἐν τῷ Φιλοκτήτῃ ἐποίησε φαγέδαινα ἥ μου σάρκας ἐσθίει ποδός, ὁ δὲ ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐσθίει τὸ θοινᾶται μετέθηκεν. Καὶ νῦν δέ μ᾿ ἐὼν ὀλίγος τε καὶ οὐτιδανὸς καὶ ἄκικυς, εἴ τις λέγοι τὰ κύρια μετατιθείς νῦν δέ μ᾿ ἐὼν μικρός τε καὶ ἀσθενικὸς καὶ ἀειδής. Καὶ δίφρον ἀεικέλιον καταθεὶς ὀλίγην τε τράπεζαν. Δίφρον μοχθηρὸν καταθεὶς μικράν τε τράπεζαν. Καὶ τὸ ἠϊόνες βοόωσιν ἠϊόνες κράζουσιν.