Short Considerations on Lengthened Names: Aristotle, _Poetics_ 21, 1458A3–4

This article examines the two examples of ‘lengthened name’ (ἐπεκτεταμένον ὄνομα) given by Aristotle in chapter 21 of the Poetics. It argues that the generally printed text is unsatisfactory because it does not serve the purpose of Aristotle’s examples well. In the case of the first example, the article suggests that a branch of the manuscript tradition other than the one privileged by most editors should be followed, while in the case of the second, a conjecture is offered. An appendix is devoted to highlighting a detail of William of Moerbeke’s translation of the first example.