Red-figured Neck Storage Jar with rhapsode reciting
(courtesy of the British Museum)
As an introduction to the inspiration for the Rhapsodize initiative, I perform a passage from Plato's Ion, where Socrates addresses Ion, a famous rhapsode of the time. I then perform a Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite and the opening of Hesiod's Theogony in an accessible English translation. 6 min 40 sec
