# In XXIII and XXVI, which statements are Aristotle's claims as translated and which are Butcher's glosses, and does the text contain a tension an agent must flag?

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[Classical theory (in translation)] Within the assigned sections the pinned Butcher file carries no footnotes or introduction, so Butcher's visible glosses are: the contents headings, one angle-bracketed clause in XXVI (a translator's supplement by usual convention; unverified from the file), and his English word choices ('single action', 'historical compositions', 'episodes', 'single view', 'watery'). Aristotle's claims, as rendered, are the arguments themselves. One tension to flag: XXVI says epic has less unity because its length implies some loss, but also says the Iliad and Odyssey are each a single action; the passage reconciles them only by calling them as perfect as the form allows. Greek-level checks were not possible (zero-fetch).

[Classical theory (in translation)] Within the assigned sections the pinned Butcher file carries no footnotes or introduction, so Butcher's visible glosses are: the contents headings, one angle-bracketed clause in XXVI (a translator's supplement by usual convention; unverified from the file), and his English word choices ('single action', 'historical compositions', 'episodes', 'single view', 'watery'). Aristotle's claims, as rendered, are the arguments themselves. One tension to flag: XXVI says epic has less unity because its length implies some loss, but also says the Iliad and Odyssey are each a single action; the passage reconciles them only by calling them as perfect as the form allows. Greek-level checks were not possible (zero-fetch).

Curator qualifications: Claim vs gloss ledger; unity tension kept.

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- [sourced_fact] [Classical theory (in translation)] Within the assigned sections the pinned Butcher file carries no footnotes or introduction, so Butcher's visible glosses are: the contents headings, one angle-bracketed clause in XXVI (a translator's supplement by usual convention; unverified from the file), and his English word choices ('single action', 'historical compositions', 'episodes', 'single view', 'watery'). Aristotle's claims, as rendered, are the arguments themselves. One tension to flag: XXVI says epic has less unity because its length implies some loss, but also says the Iliad and Odyssey are each a single action; the passage reconciles them only by calling them as perfect as the form allows. Greek-level checks were not possible (zero-fetch). · locator: candidate evidence excerpts · source: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1974/pg1974.txt

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