On the concept of Mimesis in the ancient Greece

Authors

  • Giovanni Gutiérrez Canales Universidad de Chile

Abstract

Succinctly but no less rigorously, this work tries to explain the historical precedents of the Greek concept of mímesis, tackling different perspectives of the academic discussion. According to the magical-religious origin of this word, we must keep in mind that its early meaning was much richer and more complex than our massive and modern notion of resemblance or representation.

Keywords:

Mimesis, Transfiguration, Incarnation, Representation, Illusion, Verisimilar, Proaedeutic