Plato · Ion

Ion

Ἴων

Traditionally dated to Plato’s early period.

Socrates questions the rhapsode Ion on whether his art rests on knowledge or divine inspiration.

This edition presents the original Greek (Burnet (OCT, 1903)) side by side with English translations (W. R. M. Lamb, Benjamin Jowett) — with click-to-parse morphology, dictionary entries, and exact Stephanus citation. 13 pages.

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• Lamb Greek & English · W. R. M. Lamb (Loeb, 1925)
• Jowett Greek & English · Benjamin Jowett (3rd ed., 1892)

Greek text & translations

Greek: J. Burnet, ed. Platonis opera, vol. 3. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903 (repr. 1968).
Translations: W. R. M. Lamb (Loeb, 1925); Benjamin Jowett (3rd ed., 1892).
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