Dialogue

1   Ion|            chain of magnetic rings suspended from one another, and from
2   Ion|         poet himself; from him are suspended other poets; there is also
3   Ion|           pieces of iron and rings suspended from one another so as to
4   Ion|          chain of other persons is suspended, who take the inspiration.
5   Ion| under-masters of choruses, who are suspended, as if from the stone, at
6   Ion|          some Muse from whom he is suspended, and by whom he is said