Plato, Ion, section 531d

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[531d] Are not these the subjects of Homer's poetry?

Ion
What you say is true, Socrates.

Socrates
And what of the other poets? Do they not treat of the same things?

Ion
Yes; but, Socrates, not on Homer's level.

Socrates
What, in a worse way?

Ion
Far worse.

Socrates
And Homer in a better?

Ion
Better indeed, I assure you.

Socrates
Well now, Ion, dear soul; when several people are talking about number, and one of them speaks better than the rest, I suppose there is some one who will distinguish the good speaker?

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 9 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1925.

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