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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ion canonical | 8 |
| Ion (dialogue) | 1 |
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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| tradition | Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| traditionallyClassifiedAs | early dialogue of Plato ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Ion Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (9)
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this entity surface form:
Ion (dialogue)