Ion (rhapsode)

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ancient Greek performer fictional character rhapsode

Ion (rhapsode) is a professional performer and interpreter of Homeric poetry who serves as the central figure in Plato’s dialogue "Ion," where Socrates questions him about the nature of poetic inspiration and artistic knowledge.

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Label Occurrences
Ion (rhapsode) canonical 3

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek performer ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
rhapsode ⓘ
appearsInWork Ion ⓘ
surface form: Ion (dialogue)
associatedWith Homer ⓘ
Homeric epics ⓘ
Homer's Iliad ⓘ
surface form: Iliad

Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form: Odyssey
centralCharacterOf Plato's dialogue Ion ⓘ
createdBy Plato ⓘ
dialoguePartnerOf Socrates ⓘ
discussesTopic artistic knowledge ⓘ
nature of poetry ⓘ
poetic inspiration ⓘ
genreOfWorkAppearsIn Socratic dialogue ⓘ
hasName Ion ⓘ
knownFor claiming expertise in Homeric interpretation ⓘ
skillful recitation of Homer ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryPeriod Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ
medium oral performance ⓘ
nationality Greek ⓘ
occupation professional performer of Homeric poetry ⓘ
performsGenre epic poetry ⓘ
questionedAbout whether his skill is based on knowledge or divine inspiration ⓘ
roleInDialogue interlocutor questioned by Socrates ⓘ
specializesIn interpretation of Homeric poetry ⓘ
recitation of Homer ⓘ
usedByAuthorToIllustrate distinction between technē and inspiration ⓘ
theory of divine madness in poetry ⓘ

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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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Subject: Ion (rhapsode)
Description of subject: Ion (rhapsode) is a professional performer and interpreter of Homeric poetry who serves as the central figure in Plato’s dialogue "Ion," where Socrates questions him about the nature of poetic inspiration and artistic knowledge.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ion → mainCharacter → Ion (rhapsode) ⓘ
subject surface form: Ion (dialogue)
Ion → dialoguePartnerOfSocrates → Ion (rhapsode) ⓘ
subject surface form: Ion (dialogue)
Ion → containsCharacter → Ion (rhapsode) ⓘ
subject surface form: Ion (dialogue)