Ion
Ion
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Through all these theGod sways the souls of men in any direction which he pleases, and makesone man hang down from another. Thus there is a vast chain of dancersand masters and under-masters of choruses, who are suspended, as if fromthe stone, at the side of the rings which hang down from the Muse. Andevery poet has some Muse from whom he is suspended, and by whom he issaid to be possessed, which is nearly the same thing; for he is takenhold of. And from these first rings, which are the poets, ...depend others, some deriving their inspiration from Orpheus, others from Musaeus; butthe greater number are possessed and held by Homer. Of whom, Ion, youare one, and are possessed by Homer; and when any one repeats the wordsof another poet you go to sleep, and know not what to say; but when anyone recites a strain of Homer you wake up in a moment, and yoursoul leaps within you, and you have plenty to say; for not by art orknowledge about Homer do you say what you say, but by divine inspirationand by possession; just as the Corybantian revellers too have a quickperception of that strain only which is appropriated to the God by whomthey are possessed, and have plenty of dances and words for that, buttake no heed of any other.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Through all these theGod sways the souls of men in any direction which he pleases, and makesone man hang down from another. Thus there is a vast chain of dancersand masters and under-masters of choruses, who are suspended, as if fromthe stone, at the side of the rings which hang down from the Muse. Andevery poet has some Muse from whom he is suspended, and by whom he issaid to be possessed, which is nearly the same thing; for he is takenhold of. And from these first rings, which are the poets, ...depend others, some deriving their inspiration from Orpheus, others from Musaeus; butthe greater number are possessed and held by Homer. Of whom, Ion, youare one, and are possessed by Homer; and when any one repeats the wordsof another poet you go to sleep, and know not what to say; but when anyone recites a strain of Homer you wake up in a moment, and yoursoul leaps within you, and you have plenty to say; for not by art orknowledge about Homer do you say what you say, but by divine inspirationand by possession; just as the Corybantian revellers too have a quickperception of that strain only which is appropriated to the God by whomthey are possessed, and have plenty of dances and words for that, buttake no heed of any other.
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