Question

Which part of Poetics is lost?

• A. The section on epic poetry
• B. The section on comedy
• C. The section on tragedy
• D. The introduction

Answer 1

Answer:

B. The section on comedy

At some point during antiquity, the original text of the Poetics was divided in two, each "book" written on a separate roll of papyrus. Only the first part—that which focuses on tragedy and epic (as a quasi-dramatic art, given its definition in Ch. 23)—survives. The lost second part addressed comedy.