Aristotle’s Poetics makes mimesis central to poetry and drama and explains its cognitive and artistic value, D. Plato also discusses imitation but is strongly critical of its epistemic and ethical effects. Longinus emphasises sublimity and Horace poetic craft and function, so Aristotle is the intended affirmative account.
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