Who wrote the oldest surviving work of dramatic theory?

Aristotle.

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  1. Aristotle ✔
  2. Sophocles
  3. Plato

Why: Aristotle wrote the Poetics, the oldest surviving work of dramatic theory.

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Answer: Aristotle. Aristotle wrote the Poetics, the oldest surviving work of dramatic theory.

  1. Theatre en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre
    the oldest surviving work of dramatic theory
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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