...we have is found in the Poetics, Book VI, chapter 2. " Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete and of a certain magnitude ; in...artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in the separate parts of the play ; (/. e. verse without music in the dialogue, lyrical song in the chorus)...

...tragedy. "Tragedy," he says in the sixth chapter of the Poetics, "is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude, in...effecting the proper purgation of these emotions." Let us first pause over the phrase "Tragedy is an imitation of an action," for in an understanding...

...Aristotle's definition of Tragedy. That definition is : "Tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude ; in...narrative; through pity and fear effecting the proper kddapatz, or purgation, of these emotions." mental principles of human nature, and in this way he is...

...of tragedy.* We quote Mr. Butcher's translation : — ' Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude ; in...; in the form of action, not of narrative, through pily and fear ejecting the proper Katharsis, or purgation of these emotions ' (Si eXeov KO.I <f>6(3ov...

...language embellished with every kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in different parts of the play; in the form of action, not of narrative; through pity (eXe'ou) and fear effecting the proper purification (/catfapow) of these emotions." That it is an imitation...

...Renaissancejtheory of tragedy. That definition is as follows : " Tragedy. is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude ; in...parts of the play ; in the form of action, not of narration ; through pity and fear effecting the proper katharsis or purgation of these emotions."1...

...iraQT|fMÍTwv KáQapffiv. — Aristotle, Poetic, 6. ' Tragedy, then, is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude ; in...through pity and fear effecting the proper purgation of those emotions.' — Butcher's Translation. The term /u/ii)сгir in this definition is rendered unavoidably,...

...with a portion of the discussion which follows : Tragedy, then, is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude ; in...effecting the proper purgation of these emotions. By ' language embellished ' I mean language into which rhythm, ' harmony ' and . song enter. By ' the...

...The fuller definition, in Butcher's translation, runs: 'Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude; in...effecting the proper purgation of these emotions.' Cf. Butcher's Aristotle's Theory of Poetry and Fine Art, Chap. II. and VI. 9. for so, in physic. The...

...him at his best in his definition of Greek Tragedy : " Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude ; in...effecting the proper purgation of these emotions. ' Every word of this is original, profound, true ; and not less admirable is his employment of logic...