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On the other hand he admires the boldness of the Genius, which always succeeds in reaching the zenith, even if at the expense of forgivable lapses in style.

Thus among examples of the Sublime may be rated ( not in any order ) Homer, the tragedians, Sappho, Plato, even the Bible, and a playwright like Aristophanes ( since the author maintained that laughter is a jocose pathos — and therefore, " sublime ", being " an emotion of pleasure ").

Nevertheless he did not appreciate the Hellenistic poets, perhaps because he did not understand their culture: " Would you prefer to be Homer or Apollonius ?& nbsp ... No sane person would give just one tragedy, the Oedipus Rex, in exchange for all Ion's dramas.