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Aristotle, Poetics
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[1450a][1] [pephuken aitia duo tôn praxeôn einai, dianoia kai êthos] kai kata tautas kai tunchanousi kai apotunchanousi pantes, estin de tês men praxeôs ho muthos hê mimêsis, legô gar muthon touton tên [5] sunthesin tôn pragmatôn, ta de êthê, kath' ho poious tinas einai phamen tous prattontas, dianoian de, en hosois legontes apodeiknuasin ti ê kai apophainontai gnômên_anankê oun pasês tês tragôidias merê einai hex, kath' ho poia tis estin hê tragôidia: tauta d' esti muthos kai êthê kai lexis kai [10] dianoia kai opsis kai melopoiia. hois men gar mimountai, duo merê estin, hôs de mimountai, hen, ha de mimountai, tria, kai para tauta ouden. toutois men oun †ouk oligoi autôn† hôs eipein kechrêntai tois eidesin: kai gar †opsis echei pan† kai êthos kai muthon kai lexin kai melos kai dianoian hôsautôs. [15] megiston de toutôn estin hê tôn pragmatôn sustasis. hê gar tragôidia mimêsis estin ouk anthrôpôn alla praxeôn kai biou [kai eudaimonia kai kakodaimonia en praxei estin, kai to telos praxis tis estin, ou poiotês: eisin de kata men ta êthê poioi tines, kata de tas [20] praxeis eudaimones ê tounantion]: oukoun hopôs ta êthê mimêsôntai prattousin, alla ta êthê sumperilambanousin dia tas praxeis: hôste ta pragmata kai ho muthos telos tês tragôidias, to de telos megiston hapantôn. eti aneu men praxeôs ouk an genoito tragôidia, aneu de êthôn ge [25] noit' an: hai gar tôn neôn tôn pleistôn aêtheis tragôidiai eisin, kai holôs poiêtai polloi toioutoi, hoion kai tôn grapheôn Zeuxis pros Polugnôton peponthen: ho men gar Polugnôtos agathos êthographos, hê de Zeuxidos graphê ouden echei êthos. eti ean tis ephexês thêi rhêseis êthikas kai lexei [30] kai dianoiai eu pepoiêmenas, ou poiêsei ho ên tês tragôidias ergon, alla polu mallon hê katadeesterois toutois kechrêmenê tragôidia, echousa de muthon kai sustasin pragmatôn. pros de toutois ta megista hois psuchagôgei hê tragôidia tou muthou merê estin, hai te peripeteiai kai [35] anagnôriseis. eti sêmeion hoti kai hoi encheirountes poiein proteron dunantai têi lexei kai tois êthesin akriboun ê ta pragmata sunistasthai, hoion kai hoi prôtoi poiêtai schedon hapantes. archê men oun kai hoion psuchê ho muthos tês tragôidias, deuteron de ta êthê paraplêsion gar estin kai epi tês graphikês:
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This text is based on the following book(s):
Aristotle. ed. R. Kassel, Aristotle's Ars Poetica. Oxford, Clarendon Press. 1966.
OCLC: 8250552
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