Plato’s criticism of Homer in book X of The Republic

Plato has been accused of trying to submit poets to a relentless political censorship. In this area, however, he is a man of his time. At Athens, it was the city and its highest authorities that organized and directed all poetical and theatrical competitions, which were religious, political, social, and aesthetic events. A crítica platônica de Homero no Livro X da RepúblicaPlatão tem sido acusado de tentar submeter os poetas a uma censura política implacável. Nesse campo, todavia, ele é um homem de seu tempo. Em Atenas, foram a cidade e suas mais altas autoridades que organizaram e dirigiram todas as competições poéticas e teatrais, que eram eventos religiosos, políticos, sociais e estéticos