This comprehensive and in-depth examination of Aristotle's poetry is focused on his ode for Hermias of Atarneus. The song's relation to earlier poetry is illustrated with unprecedented thoroughness and the remarkable story of its reception is studied in the context of fourth-century politics, religious history, and literary theory. Andrew Ford shows us...that Aristotle's two complete surviving poems...are well-worth knowing. Indeed, as Ford brilliantly demonstrates, they offer a unique window onto poetic production and reception in the classical era.... In Ford's able hands, these become paradigmatic texts, through which he provides us with an object lesson in how to read a Greek poem.