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Style is
proportionate to the subject matter when neither weighty matters are treated
offhand, nor trifling matters with dignity, and no embellishment is attached to
an ordinary word; otherwise there is an appearance of comedy, as in the poetry
of Cleophon,1 who used certain expressions
that reminded one of saying “madam fig.”
1 By some identified with the tragic poet spoken of in Aristot. Poet. 2. His manner of expression, due to the wish to use fine language, was ridiculous owing to its being out of harmony with the subject. Others consider that he was not a poet at all but an orator. πότνια was a title of respect, applied to females, whether they were goddesses or ordinary women.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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