The commentary opens with an introduction in which the author — a member of the Accademia degli Alterati — gives some remarks on his notion of poetry in its relations to ethics and politics. Aristotle's Poetics is divided into several particelle;…
The lecture is very based on Aristotelian sources (Aristotle's works are often quoted). The author was a member of the Accademia degli Alterati. The lecture was given in 1564, under the leadership of Baccio Valori (cf. the later 1717 printed…