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The Poetics far surpassed all other works of Aristotle in its subsequent role and influence over the centuries.

Poetry has always interested Aristotle. Among his lost works of the early period was the dialogue On Poets and the treatise On Homeric Questions. It is said that he specially prepared an edition of the Iliad for his pupil Alexander the Great. Together with his friends and students, he diligently studied everything related to Greek literature: he compiled lists of winners at the games in Olympia and Delphi, studied didascalia, and collected materials about dramatic competitions at the Great Dionysia and Linea. "The Poetics, Aristotle's treatise on the art of poetry, was probably written at the end of the Lycian period and consisted of two books. Only the first one has survived, which examined tragedy and epic.