In Plato's whirlwind of an argumentative dialogue between Socrates's and the Homeric rhapsode, Ion, we witness the arrogance of an idiot who is easily beaten at his own game. Socrates turns Ion’s logic upside down as he questions poetic source, muse, and skill, as well as the place of these so called “Interpreters of Interpreters” (Plato 6).
Question after question, musing after musing, we see Ion’s standing as an intellect crumble, and his severe foolishness surface. By the end of the conversation, it is as if Socrates laughs at Ion’s supposed divinity, lessening him to nothing more than a puppet, reciting someone else’s genius.
