Imitators
[ɪmɪtəɪtəz]
Examples
- And the tragic poet is an imitator, and therefore, like all other imitators, he is thrice removed from the king and from the truth? Plato. The Republic.
- But they did not; and therefore we may infer that Homer and all the poets are only imitators, who do but imitate the appearances of things. Plato. The Republic.
- Imitation is only a kind of play or sport, and the tragic poets, whether they write in Iambic or in Heroic verse, are imitators in the highest degree? Plato. The Republic.
- Imitation, then, is devoid of knowledge, being only a kind of play or sport, and the tragic and epic poets are imitators in the highest degree. Plato. The Republic.
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