Ion (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Euripides
- First Published: 411
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Tragicomedy
- Time of Work: Remote antiquity
- Setting: The temple of Apollo at Delphi
- Genres: Fable, Drama, Comedy, Folklore, Tragedy, Tragicomedy
- Subjects: Mythology or myths, Legends, Gods or goddesses, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people, Oracles, Bronze Age, Temples
- Locales: Greece, ancient, Delphi, ancient
Characters Discussed
Ion (I-on), the son of Apollo and Creusa, a princess of Athens. At his birth he was, by Apollo’s command, hidden in a cave. Unknown to Creusa, Hermes carried the infant from the cave to Delphi. There, he was nurtured in the temple. As keeper of the temple, he leads a happy life, marred only by his ignorance of his origin. At the beginning of the play, Creusa and Xuthus, to whom she has been given in marriage because of his military aid to Athens, come to the temple to seek Apollo’s aid because they are childless. Ion and Creusa meet outside the temple,...
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Euripides (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Euripides (Drama)Euripides (Encyclopedia of the Ancient World)
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