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CLAS3152 FURTHER GREEK LITERATURE II:
Aristotle's Poetics

Course materials

These materials are designed to support the module on Aristotle's Poetics (CLAS3152: Further Greek Literature II) offered in Semester 2, 2000/2001.

• Outline module description
• Introduction to the module
• Notes to the lectures
• Supplementary texts
• Seminar notes
• Notes on assessment (with specimen exam paper)
• Consult me by e-mail

Translation

The recommended translation for this course is Aristotle: Poetics, tr. Malcolm Heath (Penguin 1996). For contractual and copyright reasons it is not possible to make this translation (or its introduction and notes) available electronically.

The translation available on this server is a modified version of that by S.H. Butcher (London 1907). The text can be searched using your browser's search facility (if you are using Netscape, try Control-F), or with the help of the more sophisticated search-engine at the University of Northern British Columbia.

• Aristotle's Poetics tr. S.H. Butcher (modifed)
• On-line search of Butcher's translation [University of Northern British Columbia]

Also available is the translation by W.H. Fyfe (Loeb Classical Library 1927), with notes and links to the Perseus database:

• Aristotle's Poetics: tr. W.H. Fyfe [Perseus]

Bibliography

• Poetics bibliography (A research-oriented bibliography, compiled by Malcolm Heath)

Aristotle on the Internet

• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Aristotle
• Philosophy Resources on the Internet: Aristotle
• Aristotle contemplating the bust of Homer

[Disclaimer: I cannot guarantee that the links from these sites all work, or that they lead to material that is worth reading.]

Unless otherwise indicated, copyright in the material in the Poetics pages on this server is held by Malcolm Heath.

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