The Republic, by Plato. Part II.
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The Importance of Poetry and Mythology
If Homer had said, the priest came having his daughter's ransom in his hands, supplicating the Achaeans and above all the kings, the words would have been not imitation, but simple narration. Instances of this are supplied by tragedy and comedy. No man can imitate many things, as well as he would imitate a single one. He cannot. Any more than they can be rhapsodists and actors at once? I really do not know as yet, but with the argument may blow, thither we go.
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