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- 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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- Ἴων
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- Ion (dialogue)
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- 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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