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Ion

by Plato (427BC-347BC)
Translated by Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893)

In Plato’s Ion, Socrates questions Ion on whether he should really claim laud and glory for his ‘rhapsodic’ recitals of Homer’s poetry. (Summary by Simon-Peter Zak)

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Total running time: 0:53:51
Read by Simon-Peter Zak

mp3 and ogg files

• 0 Introduction – 00:11:38
  [mp3@64kbps - 5.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 11.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 5.6MB]
• 1 Ion – 00:42:13
  [mp3@64kbps - 20.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 40.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 20MB]

Cataloged on June 24, 2007