[Greek: Oimôgê de dedêe, dedakryntai de pareiai.
Eidôlôn te pleon prothyron, pleiê de kai aulê
'Ismenôn erebosde hypo zophon êelios de
Ouranou exapolôle, kakê d' epdedromen hachlus.]
Odyss. [Greek: u.] 351.
Often too in the Iliad, as at the battle at the walls; for he there says—
[Greek: "Orus gar sphin epêlthe pexêsemenai memaôsin,
Aietos hypsipetês, et' aristera laon ehergôn,
Phoinêenta drakonta pherôn onuchessi telôron,
Zôon, ët' aspaironta kai oüpô lêtheto charmês.
Kopse gar auton ëchonta kata stêthos para deirên,
'Idnôtheis opisô ho d' apo ëthen êke chamaze
'Algêsas oduntsi, mesô d' egkabbal' omilô
Autos de klagxas ëpeto pnoiês anemoio.]
Il. [Greek: m'.]
I assert, it belongs to a soothsayer both to observe and to judge respecting such appearances as these.
Ion. And you assert the truth, O Socrates.
Socrates. And you also, my dear Ion. For we have in our turn recited from the Odyssey and the Iliad, passages relating to vaticination, to medicine and the piscatorial art; and as you are more skilled in Homer than I can be, do you now make mention of whatever relates to the rhapsodist and his art; for a rhapsodist is competent above all other men to consider and pronounce on whatever has relation to his art.
Ion. Or with respect to everything else mentioned by Homer.
Socrates. Do not be so forgetful as to say everything. A good memory is particularly necessary for a rhapsodist.
Ion. And what do I forget?
Socrates. Do you not remember that you admitted
