"For not by art do they utter these things, but by divine influence since, if they had fully learned by art to speak on one kind of theme, they would know how to speak on all. Furthermore, this man is probably not the poet, like Ion, but a specialist like a doctor, who knows better about nutrition. Socrates finds this puzzling as to him it seems that Homer treats many of the same subjects as other poets like Hesiod, subjects such as war or divination, and that if someone is knowledgeable in any one of those he should be able to understand what both of these poets say. Socrates engages him in discussion and Ion explains how his knowledge and skill is limited to Homer, whom he claims to understand better than anyone alive. Ion has just come from a festival of Asclepius at the city of Epidaurus, after having won first prize in the competition.
It is one of the shortest of Plato's dialogues.
Ion by Plato In Plato's Ion (/ˈaɪɒn/ 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.
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