Aristotle/Poetics/2.1447a8-1448b3

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Differentiation of mimêsis according to "in which" ("in what", heterois mimeisthai), "what" ("on what", hetera), and "how" (heterós), translated variously as the means employed (matter, medium), the objects 'mimetised' (subject) and the manner in which the mimesis is effected (mode, method).

Editions: Kassel 1965, Tarán 2012. Translations: Butcher 1895 EN, Whalley [c1970] 1997 EN, Benardete & Davis 2002 EN.