As a rhapsode Ion travels from one Greek city to another reciting and explicating episodes from Homer.— Plato's Aesthetics
In Ion's case Socrates specifies that the expertise for a rhapsode includes the ability to interpret poetry (530c).— Plato's Aesthetics
Homer analogously draws poetic power from his Muse and attracts a rhapsode by means of borrowed power.— Plato's Aesthetics
He was a travelling rhapsode who criticised the stories about the gods told by the poets, and he defended a novel conception of the divine nature.— Xenophanes
Socrates discusses with the title character the question of whether the rhapsode, a professional performer of poetry, gives his performance on account of his skill and knowledge or by virtue of divine possession.— Jon Aquino's Mental Garden
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