...dells of the Muses ; thither, like the bees, they wing their way. And this is trne. For the poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no...invention in him until he has been inspired and is ont of hi* senses, and the mind is no longer in him : when, he has not attained to this state, he is...

...dells of the Muses ; thither, like the bees, they wing their way. And this is true. For the poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no...he is powerless and is unable to utter his oracles. Many are the noble words in which poets speak of actions like your own words about Homer ; but they...

...dells of the Muses ; thither, like the bees, they wing their way. And this is true. For the poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no...invention in him until he has been inspired and is out of hi» senses, and the mind is no longer in him : when he has not attained to this state, he is powerless...

...dells of the Muses ; thither, like the bees, they wing their way. And this is true. For Jthe poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until_-he_has- been inspired and is nnt. nf h« senses^.and the .naiadis no longer in him: when he...

...beautiful poems, not as works of art, but because they are inspired and possessed. . . . For the poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired. . . . When he has not attained to this state he is powerless, and unable to utter his oracles. Many...

...and method are less sure guides than instinct when the work to be produced is a poem. " The poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no...final dictum of the Ion is, " inspiration, not art," S=To» xal M TI^HIXOV. It is curious to find a Greek of the best age, himself in early days a poet,...

...dells of the Muses : thither, like the bees, they wing their way; and this is true. For the poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has l>een inspired and is out of his senses, and the mind is no longer in him : when he has not attained...

...dells of the Muses : thither, like the bees, they wing their way ; and this is true. For the poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has lieen inspired and is out of his senses, and the mind is no longer in him : when he has not attained...

...Homer, is not an art, but an inspiration : there is a divinity moving in you." Again, the poet is " a holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired .... For not by art does the poet sing, but by power divine." Professor Jowett's comment inferentially...

...dells of the Muses; thither, like the bees, they wing their way. And this is true. For the poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no...out of his senses, and the mind is no longer in him. . . . For in this way the God would seem to indicate to us, and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful...