μίμησις
mimesis
imitation
Appears 45 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μίμησις, εως, ἡ, A. imitation, Th. 156, 1.95, Grg. 511a, etc.; κατὰ σὴν μ. to imitate you, Ra. 109; reproduction of a model, ap. in Hermog. 1.3 R. II. representation by means of art, Sph. 265b, R. 598b, al.; esp. of dramatic poetry, Po. 1447a22, al. 2. representation, portrait, πυγμαίου ἀνδρὸς μ. 3.37, cf. Vict. 1.21.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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