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

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

Ἔτι δὲ τὰ εἴδη ταὐτὰ δεῖ ἔχειν τὴν ἐποποιίαν τῇ τραγῳδίᾳ· ἢ γὰρ ἁπλῆν ἢ πεπλεγμένην ἢ ἠθικὴν ἢ παθητικὴν δεῖ εἶναι.

Subchapter 24.2

Καὶ τὰ μέρη ἔξω μελοποιίας καὶ ὄψεως ταὐτά· καὶ γὰρ περιπετειῶν δεῖ καὶ ἀναγνωρίσεων καὶ παθημάτων.

Subchapter 24.3

Ἔτι τὰς διανοίας καὶ τὴν λέξιν ἔχειν καλῶς. Οἷς ἅπασιν Ὅμηρος κέχρηται καὶ πρῶτος καὶ ἱκανῶς. Καὶ γὰρ καὶ τῶν ποιημάτων ἑκάτερον συνέστηκεν ἡ μὲν Ἰλιὰς ἁπλοῦν καὶ παθητικόν, ἡ δὲ Ὀδύσσεια πεπλεγμένον· ἀναγνώρισις γὰρ διόλου καὶ ἠθική. Πρὸς δὲ τούτοις λέξει καὶ διανοίᾳ πάντας ὑπερβέβληκεν.

Subchapter 24.4

Διαφέρει δὲ κατά τε τῆς συστάσεως τὸ μῆκος ἡ ἐποποιία καὶ τὸ μέτρον.

Subchapter 24.5

Τοῦ μὲν οὖν μήκους ὅρος ἱκανὸς ὁ εἰρημένος· δύνασθαι γὰρ δεῖ συνορᾶσθαι τὴν ἀρχὴν καὶ τὸ τέλος. Εἴη δ᾿ ἂν τοῦτο, εἰ τῶν μὲν ἀρχαίων ἐλάττους αἱ συστάσεις εἶεν, πρὸς δὲ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν τραγῳδιῶν τῶν εἰς μίαν ἀκρόασιν τιθεμένων παρήκοιεν.

Subchapter 24.6

Ἔχει δὲ πρὸς τὸ ἐπεκτείνεσθαι τὸ μέγεθος πολύ τι ἡ ἐποποιία ἴδιον διὰ τὸ ἐν μὲν τῇ τραγῳδίᾳ μὴ ἐνδέχεσθαι ἅμα πραττόμενα πολλὰ μέρη μιμεῖσθαι, ἀλλὰ τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς σκηνῆς καὶ τῶν ὑποκριτῶν μέρος μόνον· ἐν δὲ τῇ ἐποποιίᾳ, διὰ τὸ διήγησιν εἶναι, ἔστι πολλὰ μέρη ἅμα ποιεῖν περαινόμενα, ὑφ᾿ ὧν οἰκείων ὄντων αὔξεται ὁ τοῦ ποιήματος ὄγκος.

Subchapter 24.7

Ὥστε τοῦτ᾿ ἔχει τὸ ἀγαθὸν εἰς μεγαλοπρέπειαν καὶ τὸ μεταβάλλειν τὸν ἀκούοντα καὶ ἐπεισοδιοῦν ἀνομοίοις ἐπεισοδίοις· τὸ γὰρ ὅμοιον ταχὺ πληροῦν ἐκπίπτειν ποιεῖ τὰς τραγῳδίας.

Subchapter 24.8

Τὸ δὲ μέτρον τὸ ἡρωϊκὸν ἀπὸ τῆς πείρας ἥρμοκεν. Εἰ γάρ τις ἐν ἄλλῳ τινὶ μέτρῳ διηγηματικὴν μίμησιν ποιοῖτο ἢ ἐν πολλοῖς, ἀπρεπὲς ἂν φαίνοιτο·

Subchapter 24.9

τὸ γὰρ ἡρωϊκὸν στασιμώτατον καὶ ὀγκωδέστατον τῶν μέτρων ἐστίν, διὸ καὶ γλώττας καὶ μεταφορὰς δέχεται μάλιστα· περιττὴ γὰρ καὶ ἡ διηγηματικὴ μίμησις τῶν ἄλλων.

Subchapter 24.10

Τὸ δὲ ἰαμβικὸν καὶ τετράμετρον κινητικά, τὸ μὲν ὀρχηστικόν, τὸ δὲ πρακτικόν.

Subchapter 24.11

Ἔτι δὲ ἀτοπώτερον εἰ μιγνύοι τις αὐτά, ὥσπερ Χαιρήμων.