In Plato’s Republic, Socrates advocates for the censorship of stories and the banishment of poets. Taking up a few key passages for your argument (you can focus more on the stories argument of Books II/III or the danger of the poets or problems with representation in Book X, or some combination as suits your thesis) what do you take Plato to be claiming about the nature and significance of philosophy in relation to the works of Homer and Hesiod? Why can poetry be dangerous for the balance of justice?
