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"In Rouse's pages, Soctrates' strength of mind, his dedication to the philosophical truth, are borne in on the modern reader with something of the power that impressed and disturbed the ancient Greeks."-- Time "There has been no adequate translation of Plato since Jowett...and I think Rouse... read more

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First Sentence

This is a dialogue between Socrates and the "rhapsode" or reciter, Ion of Ephesus, who declares himself unequalled as a reciter and exponent of Homer.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Plato (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. W. H. D. Rouse (Translator)
 

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