Ion

Plato

Translated by Benjamin Jowett

1 chapter · about 22 min

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The opening

ION

PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: Socrates, Ion.

SOCRATES: Welcome, Ion. Are you from your native city of Ephesus?

ION: No, Socrates; but from Epidaurus, where I attended the festival of Asclepius.

SOCRATES: And do the Epidaurians have contests of rhapsodes at the festival?

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Benjamin Jowett's English translation, copied word for word.
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