Disambiguation evidence for Ion via surface form

"Ion (dialogue)"


As subject (48)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Ion (dialogue)".

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