Introduction / Julius Moravcsik, Philip TemkoPlato on the triviality of literature / Julia Annas -- Noetic aspiration and artistic inspiration / Julius Moravcsik -- Plato on imitation and poetry in Republic 10 / Alexander Nehamas -- "This story isn't true": poetry, goodness, and understanding in Plato's Phaedrus / Martha Craven Nussbaum -- Plato and the poets / James O. Urmson -- What could go wrong with inspiration? / Paul Woodruff.