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    Ion

    By Plato

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    In Plato's Ion Socrates discusses with the titular character, a professional rhapsode who also lectures on Homer, the question of whether the rhapsode, a performer of poetry, gives his performance on account of his skill and knowledge or by virtue of divine possession. It is one of the shortest of Plato's dialogues.

    Plato (424/423 – 348/347 BC) was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. 

    Translated by Benjamin Jowett (1817 – 1893)
     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPasserino
    Release dateNov 9, 2017
    ISBN9788893455121
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    Plato

    Plato (428−348 BCE) was a philosopher and mathematician in ancient Greece. A student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle, his Academy was one of the first institutions of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely regarded as the father of modern philosophy. 

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      Ion - Plato

      Ion

      Ion

      Persons of the Dialogue

      SOCRATES

      ION

      Socrates. Welcome, Ion. Are you from your native city of Ephesus?

      Ion. No, Socrates; but from Epidaurus, where I attended the festival of Asclepius.

      Soc. And do the Epidaurians have contests of rhapsodes at the festival?

      Ion. O yes; and of all sorts of musical performers.

      Soc. And were you one of the competitors- and did you succeed?

      Ion. I obtained the first prize of all, Socrates.

      Soc. Well done; and I hope that you will do the same for us at the Panathenaea.

      Ion. And I will, please heaven.

      Soc. I often envy the profession of a rhapsode, Ion; for you have always to wear fine clothes, and to look as beautiful as you can is a part of your art. Then, again, you are obliged to be continually in the company of many good poets; and especially of Homer, who is the best and most divine of them; and to understand him, and not merely learn his words by rote, is a thing greatly to be envied. And no man can be a rhapsode who does not understand the meaning of the poet. For the rhapsode ought to interpret the mind of the poet to his hearers, but how can he interpret him well unless he knows what he means? All this is greatly to be envied.

      Ion. Very true, Socrates; interpretation has certainly been the most laborious part of my art; and I believe myself able to speak about Homer better than any man; and that neither Metrodorus

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