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 the art of reciting verses was different from that of driving chariots?
Ion. I remember.
Socrates. And did you not admit that being different, the subjects of its knowledge must also be different?
Ion. Certainly.
Socrates. You will not assert that the art of rhapsody is that of universal knowledge; a rhapsodist may be ignorant of some things.
Ion. Except, perhaps, such things as we now discuss, O Socrates.
Socrates. What do you mean by such subjects, besides those which relate to other arts? And with which among them do you profess a competent acquaintance, since not with all?