Ion

Also known as Plat. Ion

dialog by Plato

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Author: Euripides
First published: 1820
Editions: 55
Subjects: Drama, Ion (Greek mythology), Translations into English, Theseus (Greek mythology), Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology), Orestes (Greek mythology), Adrastus (Greek mythology), Ion (Euripides)

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title: Ἴων
Commons category: Ion (dialogue)
entry in abbreviations table: Plat. Ion

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In Plato's Ion (/ˈaɪɒn/; Ancient Greek: Ἴων) 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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