Aug 21, 2008

Ion | Ion

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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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Ion | Ion

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