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Ion

Socrates

A short conversation with Ion of Ephesus, a rhapsode who has just won a contest reciting Homer. Socrates shows him that he possesses not a skill but a divine inspiration passing from the Muse to the poet, from the poet to the rhapsode and from the rhapsode to the audience, like magnetism through iron rings.

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English

Translated by Benjamin Jowett · 7 chapters · 1 h reading

  1. 1INTRODUCTION.6′
  2. 2ION · 13′
  3. 3ION · 23′
  4. 4ION · 38′
  5. 5ION · 42′
  6. 6ION · 53′
  7. 7ION · 63′

Spanish

Translated by Patricio de Azcárate · 12 chapters · 1 h reading

  1. 1Sócrates – Ion de Efeso · 12′
  2. 2Sócrates – Ion de Efeso · 21′
  3. 3Sócrates – Ion de Efeso · 31′
  4. 4Sócrates – Ion de Efeso · 42′
  5. 5Sócrates – Ion de Efeso · 56′
  6. 6Sócrates – Ion de Efeso · 63′
  7. 7Sócrates – Ion de Efeso · 71′
  8. 8Sócrates – Ion de Efeso · 82′
  9. 9Sócrates – Ion de Efeso · 91′
  10. 10Sócrates – Ion de Efeso · 101′
  11. 11Sócrates – Ion de Efeso · 111′
  12. 12Sócrates – Ion de Efeso · 122′
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