Aristotle · Poetics 1449b
“Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious and complete … through pity and fear effecting the catharsis of such emotions.”
ἔστιν οὖν τραγῳδία μίμησις πράξεως σπουδαίας καὶ τελείας … δι’ ἐλέου καὶ φόβου περαίνουσα τὴν τῶν τοιούτων παθημάτων κάθαρσιν.
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