Tag: poiema

Ποιεῖν, ποίησις, ποιητική. Poiein means “to make or do”; poiesis is the abstract noun built on this verb: “making, production”; poietike is the adjective based on the abstract noun: “productive.” A poietes (ποιητής) is a person who makes something; a poiema (ποίημα) is the object made. Plato talks about the poietes of a bed in…