Ion. One does not appear to me to excel the other.
Socrates. One is not better than the other, say you? Do you say that tactics and rhapsody are two arts or one?
Ion. They appear to me to be the same.
Socrates. Then a good rhapsodist is also a good general.
Ion. Of course.
Socrates. And a good general is a good rhapsodist?
Ion. I do not say that.
Socrates. You said that a good rhapsodist was also a good general.
Ion. I did.
Socrates. Are you not the best rhapsodist in Greece?