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Plato, Ion, 534b


nanin certain gardens and glades of the Muses—like the bees, and winging the air as these do. And what they tell is true. For a poet is a light and winged and sacred thing, and is unable ever to indite until he has been inspired and put out of his senses, and his mind is no longer in him: every man, whilst he retains possession of that, is powerless to indite a verse or chant an oracle. Seeing then that it is not by art that they compose and utter so many fine things about the deeds of men—


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

3 results
1. Plato, Cratylus, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

2. Plato, Ion, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

536a. You, the rhapsode and actor, are the middle ring; the poet himself is the first; but it is the god who through the whole series draws the souls of men whithersoever he pleases, making the power of one depend on the other. And, just as from the magnet, there is a mighty chain of choric performers and masters and under-masters suspended by side-connections from the rings that hang down from the Muse. One poet is suspended from one Muse, another from another:
3. Dionysius of Halycarnassus, On The Admirable Style of Demosthenes, 8 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
aelius aristides Fowler (2014) 255
alexandria Levison (2009) 154
allegory/allegoresis Fowler (2014) 255
beautiful Fowler (2014) 254, 255
ben sira Levison (2009) 154
choricius Fowler (2014) 254, 255
culture,greco- roman Levison (2009) 154
daniel Levison (2009) 154
delphi Levison (2009) 154
demosthenes Fowler (2014) 254
dionysius Fowler (2014) 255
dionysus of halicarnassus Fowler (2014) 255
divination,artificial Levison (2009) 154
dodona Levison (2009) 154
dreams Levison (2009) 154
elenchus Legaspi (2018) 115
euthyphro Legaspi (2018) 115
exegesis Fowler (2014) 255
god,taking away/hiddenness of Levison (2009) 154
good Fowler (2014) 255
greece Levison (2009) 154
human/humankind Levison (2009) 154
inspiration Levison (2009) 154
jew/jewish,culture Levison (2009) 154
jew/jewish,literature/ authors' "151.0_154.0@law,god's" Levison (2009) 154
john of gaza Fowler (2014) 255
justice/δíκη Fowler (2014) 254
literature Levison (2009) 154
marcianus Fowler (2014) 254, 255
maximus of tyre Fowler (2014) 255
muse/muses Fowler (2014) 254
myth/mythology/μῦýθοι Fowler (2014) 254, 255
neoplatonic/neoplatonism/neoplatonist Fowler (2014) 255
oration Fowler (2014) 254, 255
piety,in euthyphro Legaspi (2018) 115
plato,euthydemus Fowler (2014) 255
plato,ion Fowler (2014) 254, 255
poet,poetry Fowler (2014) 255
poets Legaspi (2018) 115
priestess Levison (2009) 154
procopius of gaza Fowler (2014) 254, 255
rhetor/πλαστής Fowler (2014) 255
rhetor Fowler (2014) 255
rhetoric Fowler (2014) 254, 255
righteousness Levison (2009) 154
socrates Legaspi (2018) 115; Levison (2009) 154
sophist Fowler (2014) 255
spirit,characterizations as,breath (life itself) Levison (2009) 154
spirit,characterizations as,holy Levison (2009) 154
spirit,effects of,ecstasy/frenzy Levison (2009) 154
spirit,effects of,poetry,inspired Levison (2009) 154
spirit,modes of presence,receiving of Levison (2009) 154
synesius Fowler (2014) 255
technē' Legaspi (2018) 115