μιμητής

mimetes

imitator

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Poetics 3
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Chapter 3 1448a19–1448b3

1448a26
Chapter 24 1459b7–1460b5

1460a8
Chapter 25 1460b6–1461b25

1460b8
History of Animals 1
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 12 596b19–597b30

597b23

Dictionary (LSJ)

μιμητής, οῦ, ὁ, A. imitator, τινων ib.1.6.3, cf. Hp. Vict. 1.22, 1 Ep.Cor. 4.16; οἱ μ. τῶν γραμμάτων forgers, Lib. Ep. 115.4. II. artist (cf. μίμησις II), Pl. R. 602a, al.; esp. one who impersonates characters, as an actor or poet, Arist. Pr. 918b28, Po. 1460a8. 2. coupled with γόης, mere actor, impostor, Pl. R. 598d, cf. Plt. 303c, Sph. 235a.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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