Abstract: In the commentary for verses 46-48 of the Art poétique by Horace de Jason Denores, there is a little treatise on metaphor. The humanist seeks to reconcile not only Horace, Cicero, and Aristotle, but also the Rhétorique and the Poétique of the latter with the aim of making metaphor into the figure par excellence of mimesis. He can do this thanks to a network of comparisons borrowed from the theatrical field.
