δρᾶμα

drama

deed, act

Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Poetics 6
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Chapter 3 1448a19–1448b3

1448a28
Chapter 14 1453b1–1454a15

1453b32
Chapter 15 1454a16–1454b18

1454b3
Chapter 17 1455a22–1455b23

1455b15
Chapter 18 1455b24–1456a32

1456a15
Chapter 24 1459b7–1460b5

1460a31
Rhetoric 3
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Book III 3
Chapter 12 1413b3–1414a30

1413b11

Chapter 14 1414b19–1416a3

1415a9
1415a19

Dictionary (LSJ)

δρᾶμα, ατος, τό, (δράω) A. deed, act, opp. πάθος, A. Ag. 533; office, business, duty, Pl. Tht. 150a, R. 451c; τὸ δ. δρᾶν to go about oneʼs business, Id. Tht. 169b. II. action represented on the stage, drama, play, Ar. Ra. 920, Arist. Po. 1448a28, etc.; μὴ ἐν τῷ δ. not in the action on the stage, ib.1460a31; ἔξω τοῦ δ. ib.1453b32; δ. ποιεῖν Ar. Ra. 1021; σατυρικὸν δ. Pl. Smp. 222d (with play on 1): metaph., stage-effect of any kind, τὰ ἐλεινὰ ταῦτα δ. εἰσάγειν Id. Ap. 35b: also, tragical event, Plb. 23.10.12, Him. Ecl. 1.12, etc.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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