 “Imitation” is the commonest English translation of mimêsis. Alternatives include “representation” and “emulation.” To make things confusing, the transliterated Greek word sans diacritical mark has come to be accepted as English (“mimesis”). All the translations capture something of the word’s meaning. As long as “imitation” is used with awareness that it will not mean everything that mimêsis does, it makes a serviceable translation. “Imitate” functions well enough as the verb mimeisthai; so does “mimic.” (See Sörbom 1966; also see Marušič 2011.)