2016.02.04 | By Gregory Nagy In the postings for 2015.11.27 and 2016.01.21 and 2016.01.28, I translated and commented on Chapters 1 and 2 and 3 of Aristotle’s Poetics. In the posting here for 2016.02.04, I continue by translating and commenting on Chapter 4. But now I experiment with a new format. Read more
2016.02.02 | By Coleman Connelly How can the Syriac and Arabic tradition of Aristotle’s Poetics help editors of the Greek text at Poetics 1447b7–9? In Part 2 of my comment, I walk the reader through this thorny textual problem, and demonstrate the dangers of ignoring lost Syriac intermediaries when editing Greek texts on the basis of Arabic translations. Read more
2016.01.31 | By Coleman Connelly How can the Syriac and Arabic tradition of Aristotle’s Poetics help editors of the Greek text at Poetics 1447b7–9? In Part 1 of my comment, I discuss this passage in its context and explain what bearing these textual questions have for Aristotle’s meaning. Read more
2016.01.28 | By Gregory Nagy In the postings for 2015.11.27 and 2016.01.21, I translated and commented on Chapters 1 and 2 of Aristotle’s Poetics. In the posting here for 2016.01.28, I continue by translating and commenting on Chapter 3. For my overall strategy, I refer back to my Introduction in the posting for 2015.11.27. Read more
2016.01.21 | By Gregory Nagy In the posting for 2015.11.27, I translated and commented on Chapter 1 of Aristotle’s Poetics. In the posting here for 2016.01.21, I continue by translating and commenting on Chapter 2. For my overall strategy, I refer back to my Introduction in the posting for 2015.11.27. Read more
2015.11.27 | By Gregory Nagy In the posting for 2015.10.15, “Homo ludens in the world of ancient Greek verbal art,” I translated and commented on some of the arguments made by Aristotle in Part 4 of his Poetics. In the posting here, I backtrack, translating and commenting on all of Part 1. My translation and commentary here are part of a larger project that will cover the text of the… Read more
