Cover of Ion

dialogue · 1767

Ion

by Plato

dialog by Plato

  • 1767
  • dialogue

Summary

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.

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