Ion
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Ion is a short Platonic dialogue in which Socrates examines the nature of poetic inspiration and the rhapsode’s art through conversation with the professional reciter Ion.
Aliases (1)
- Ion (dialogue) ×48
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Platonic dialogue → |
| argues | that poetic performance is due to divine inspiration → |
| author | Plato → |
| containsCharacter |
Ion (rhapsode)
→
Socrates → |
| dialoguePartnerOfSocrates | Ion (rhapsode) → |
| discusses |
Homer
→
divine possession → inspiration in poetry → rhapsodes → specialized knowledge → |
| examines |
criteria for genuine expertise
→
relationship between poet and audience → relationship between poet and rhapsode → |
| focusesOn |
Homeric poetry
→
rhapsodic performance → |
| form | philosophical dialogue → |
| genre | Socratic dialogue → |
| hasSubject |
knowledge
→
performance → poetry → |
| influenced |
aesthetics
→
later theories of artistic inspiration → |
| language | Ancient Greek → |
| length | short → |
| mainCharacter |
Ion (rhapsode)
→
Socrates → |
| openingSituation | Socrates meets Ion returning from a festival → |
| partOf |
Timaeus
→
surface form: "Platonic corpus"
|
| period | Classical Greece → |
| philosophicalTheme |
divine madness
→
epistemology of poetry → knowledge versus inspiration → nature of art → poetic inspiration → role of the rhapsode → techne (craft) and expertise → |
| questions |
whether poets have true knowledge
→
whether rhapsodes are experts → |
| relatedWork |
Apology
→
Phaedrus → Republic → |
| setting | Athens → |
| structure | single continuous conversation → |
| style | elenctic → |
| title | Ion → |
| tradition | Ancient Greek philosophy → |
| traditionallyClassifiedAs | early dialogue of Plato → |
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