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 PREFACE. 
 
 rriHE plot of the 'Ion' is as follows; — 
 
 Creusa, the daughter of Erechtheus, the ancient hero-king of 
 Athens, bore a son to Apollo. This son she exposed, from fear 
 of her relations, and returning to the place some days after, 
 found him not, and so supposed him dead. 
 
 But by Apollo's order he had been conveyed to Delphi, where 
 in course of time he was appointed minister of the God in his 
 temple. 
 
 Creusa, some years after the birth of Apollo's son, was wedded 
 to Xuthus ; and as after a long time they had no children, they 
 go to Delphi to ask the God whether there is any hope of their 
 having a son. 
 
 Here the first scene opens. 
 
 Ion, Creusa's son, meets her at the temple door, and learns that 
 she is childless ; telling her at the same time that he has nc 
 mother nor father. She then tells him the tale of the son she 
 bore to Apollo (only from shame pretending that it was not herself 
 but a friend who was concerned), and desires to consult the God 
 about the lost boy. Ion replies that the God could not answer 
 such a question, as it would be confessing his own wrong-doing. 
 
 Then Xuthus enters, having come from the oracle of Trophonius, 
 where he has been told that he shall not be childless long. Creusa 
 rejoices, and Xuthus goes to get further information from Apollo. 
 
 He is told that the first person he meets on leaving the oracle 
 is his son ; and the second scene opens with the return of Xuthus 
 from the temple, when to Ion's astonishment, he is greeted by 
 
 a 2 
 
iv PREFACE. 
 
 this supposed stranger as his son. With some difficulty Ion is 
 convinced, and Xuthus then proposes to take him to Athens, 
 but as a stranger, in order to spare his wife's feelings. 
 
 Creusa however liears the story from the chorus, and, in the 
 third scene, is persuaded by her father's old attendant, whom 
 she consults, that the adoption of Ion is a disgrace to the Erech- 
 theids ; and they conspire to )>oison him. 
 
 The failure of this plot is related in the fourth scene by a 
 messenger. The poison was dropped into the cup. Just as Ion 
 is about to drink, an ill-omened word is spoken, and Ion empties 
 it upon the ground. A pigeon, that sijDS this wine, dies in con- 
 vulsions. Ion starts up, seizes the old man, rushes out, calls 
 tlie chief men together, and tells them what has happened. The 
 old man, and Creusa who helped him in the plot, are condemned 
 to die. 
 
 The old prophetess, however, comes out, as Creusa is about, 
 in the fifth scene, to be dragged away, and stops Ion. She gives 
 him the box in which he as a child had been brought to Delphi. 
 Ion opens it, and exposes to view, to Creusa's surprise, the trinkets 
 she had placed on her own child before she lost him. Thus the 
 recognition is completed, and there is joy. 
 
 It is a romantic play, giving the poet much scope for his power 
 of depicting varied emotions and pathetic scenes. The political 
 object is quite secondary, namely to trace back the Ionic race 
 from whence the Athenians came to Apollu himself. 
 
DRAMATIS PERSONS. 
 
 Kpfovo-a, daughter of Erechtheus. 
 
 "ifov, her son by Apollo. 
 
 AovOos, her husband. 
 
 naiday(oy6s, the old attendant or Erechtheus. 
 
 Qepdncov, a servant of Creusa. 
 
 Ilu^ia, the priestess of Delphi. 
 
 Chorus of Creusa's attendants, icho do not mount the 
 stagCf but remain in front, below. 
 
 The scene is at Delphi. 
 
>r 
 
 (iUi:^iv . 
 
 SCENE I. 
 MOTHER AND SON. 
 
 The Temple of Apollo at Delphi. The peaks and dells of Farnussns, 
 lit with the morning sun^ are seen behind. The gates of the 
 temple are decorated with bay, and the pavement is newly sivept 
 and shining. On the fagade are splendid statues and bas- 
 relief sculptures, representing the stories of Bellerophon^ He- 
 rakles, lolaus, Bacchus, and other gods and heroes. The 
 temple and ground in front of it are raised, and there is a 
 lower level in front (where the orchestra is) and at the sides. 
 From the lower level to the stage steps lead up, winding round 
 the face of the hillside. In front of the temple stands Ion, 
 a splendid youth, carrying a bow and arrow. He is dressed as 
 a minister of the temple, with a chaplet on his head; and in the 
 background are seen the pitchers and broom used for sprinkling 
 and sweeping the pavement. Enter Cb,exjsa, followed by a train 
 of ivonien servants, slowly and reverently approaching. Site 
 mounts the steps, her attendants remaining below. Suddenly she 
 stops in front of the temple, and bows her head weeping. Ion 
 advances courteously, and says : — 
 
 IS2. yevvaLOTT]'; aot, kol rpoircov reKfjurjpiov 
 
 TO crx7]/jL ei^et? to8\ ■^rt? et iror\ o) yvvac. 
 yvolrj 8' av &)? Ta TroXka 7' avOpoiirov irept, 
 TO cr')(7]/bL IScov Tt? el iriipvKev evyevrj^. 
 €a. [in a tone of p^y'\ 
 
ION OF 
 
 aXh! e^€7r\rj^d<^ /x ofjUfia crvy/cKria'acra crov 5 
 
 haKpvoL<^ 6^ ijypdvaa evyevi] iraprjlSa, 
 
 ft)? elBe<; dyvd Ao^iov j^prjrTTrjpLa. 
 
 Ti TTore ijL6pi/jbVT]<; e? t68' TyX^e?, w yvvac ; 
 
 ov TTCLvre'^ oXXol yvaXa Xevcro-ovre'; Oeov 
 
 ')(alpovaiVj ivravd' o/jb/jua aov BaKpvppoel' 10 
 
 KP. [plastering her emotion'] 
 
 w ^ev6, TO fjuev aov ovk d7raihevTai<^ e^ei 
 
 e? 6aiJ/juaT^ ekOelv SaKpvcov efjbwv TrepL ' 
 
 €70) o loovcra rovao AnroKKwvo^ oo/jLov<; 
 
 /jLv^fjLTjv TToXaidv dve/jberprjad/jLTjv nvd ' 
 
 OLKOL Be Tov vovv ecr')(ov evOdh^ ovcrd Trep. 15 
 
 [sadly musing'] 
 
 ft) rX7]/jL0V€<; <yvvalK€<; ' c5 ToX/jLtj/jLara 
 
 Oeoiv. TV Brjra ; ttoI Slktjv dvoiaofjuev, 
 
 el TMV KparovvTCOv dBiKiaL<; oXovfieOa ; 
 
 Ifl. ri y^prffjia S' dvepevvrjra SvaOv/jiel, yvvai ; 
 
 KP. [collecting herself] 
 
 ovBiv ' fiedfjKa ro^a ' rdirl tmSc 8e 20 
 
 iyd) re cnyS) koI av /xr} (fipovrt^' en. 
 
 Ifl. t/9 ^' el ; iToOev >y?]<; rj\6e<; ; eK ttolov irarpo's 
 '7re(f)Vfca<; ; 6vo/xa re ae KoXelv i)fid<; -^^ecov ; 
 
 KP. Kpeovaa /xev /xol tovvo/jl\ €k S' 'Epe;^^e&)? 
 ire^vKa, irarpl^i yi) 8' ' AOyvalcju 7r6\c<;. 
 
 Ifl. [euthusiastically] 
 
 ft) Kkeivov olKova darv, yevvaiwv t' citto 
 Tpa(pelaa Trarepcov, w? ae Oav/xd^w, yvvai. 
 
 KP. [sadly] Toaavra KevTV)^ov/iei>, o) ^ev\ ov irepa. 
 
EURIPIDES. 
 
 If}. 7r/?o9 Oeojv aXT]6(t)^y &)? fjue/ivOevTat (Sporoi^, 
 
 KP. [interrupt ingi 
 
 rl XP^ll^ ipcorm, M ^ev\ eKfiaOelv deXw. 30 
 
 in. CK <yrj(; Traxpo? aov 7rp6yovo<^ e^Xacrrev Trary^p ; 
 
 KP. ^^plx66vl6<^ ye ' to Se yevo<; fi ovk w^eXet. 
 
 III. ?} Kol acf)* 'XOdva yrjOev e^avetXero ; 
 
 KP. e? 7rapd€vov<; ye ')(elpa<^, ov reKovcrd vlv. 
 
 in. BiBcoac 8\ MCTTrep iv ypa<pfj vo/jLl^erat ; 35 
 
 KP. Ke/cpoTTo? ye crco^etv iraialv ov^ opcofievov. 
 
 in. yjKOvaa Xvcrai irapOevov^ Tev-)(o<^ 6ed<^. 
 
 KP. Tocydp davovcrai aKoireXov yfia^av Trerpa?. 
 
 in. elev ' [pausitig, as if reluctant to ask more] 
 
 Tfc oai TOO ; ap aXrjve^ tj fxaTrjv Xoyo<; ; 
 
 KP. TL XPVH" ^p&^T^? / i^cLi yap ov Kd/xvo) a')(oXy, 40 
 
 in. iraTTjp 'E/)6;)^^eu? era? edvcre avyyovov^ ; 
 
 KP. ctXt] irpo yala<i a^dyia uapOevov^ KTavelv, 
 
 in. (TV 8' e^ea(i)dri<^ ir(t)<^ Kaa ly vtI]T(ov fjuovri ; 
 
 KP. /8/36(/)09 veoyvov fjLr]Tpo<; rjv iv dyicdXai<^. 
 
 in. iraTepa S' dX7j6cb<; ydajjia crov fcpvTTTet ^6ov6<^ ; 45 
 
 KP. TrXrjyal Tptalvr]<; ttovtiov a(f) djrwXeaav. 
 
 in. avv dvBpl 8' 7]/cei<; fj fiovr) y^prjCTTrjpia ; 
 
 KP. avv dvBpi. (T7]Kov<=; S' ivcTTpecfiei, Tpo(f)a)VLOv. 
 
 in. TTOTepa 6eaTr)<^, rj %a/3t^' fiavTevfidTfov ; 
 
 KP. Kelvov re ^ot/Sov 6' ev 6eXcov fxaOelv eiTO<^. 50 
 
 in. Kapirov S' virep 7?}? rjK.eT, 7) iraihwv irepL ; 
 
 KP, diraihe^ ecr/jbev, "xpovi e^ovT evvqixaTa. 
 
 in. ouS' eTeKe<; ovBev ttcottot, dXX dT€Kvo<; ec ; 
 
 KP, [significantly ] ^ol^o<i olBe ttjv ifiyjv drraiBLav. 
 
ION OF 
 
 112. (o tXtj/jLov, ft)? raX}C euTV)(^ovcr ovk €vri/)(e2<;. 55 
 
 KP. av 8' el Ti<; ; w? aov rrjv re/covcrav a>\^iaa. 
 
 III. Tov Oeov KoXovfjbai BovXo<; elfjLLT,^) jvvac. 
 
 KP. avd6r)/jLa TroXeo)?, '7 tcvo<; irpaOel^ vtto ; 
 
 Ifl. OVK olBa, ifKrjv ev, Ao^lov /ceK\t]/jb€da. 
 
 KP. r}/jL6l<i CF ap' avda, o) ^ev\ avroiKTelpofjLev* 60 
 
 ilL. CO? fjiT) eiooo TjTL^ fjb ereKev e^ orov r €<pvv. 
 
 KP. vaolai 3' oIk€2<; roialK, rj Kara areja'; ; 
 
 ill, airav ueov fjuoi om/jl , lv av Kapr) fj, vttvo^. 
 
 KP. TTal^ 8' cov d(f)iKov vaov, t) veavia<; ; 
 
 in. I3p6(f)0<; XiyouaLv ol Bokovvt€<; elhevau. 65 
 
 KP. K(u Tt9 'yaXaKTL a i^edpeyjre AeXcfylScov ; ^ 
 
 LSI. ovircoTTOT eyvcov /jLacrTOi>' tj o evpe^jre (le — 
 
 KP. [interrupting] 
 
 TL<;, 0) TakaiiTwp ; d><i voaova rjvpov vocrov^. 
 
 Ifl. ^ol/3ov 7rpo(f)rjTL<;, fjur^rep w? vofii^o/jiev. 
 
 KP. 6<s 8' avBp' dcpLKOu TLva Tpo(pi]v K6KTr]jjL6V0<; ; 70 
 
 Ifl. ^cD/jiOL fi ec^ep^ov ovTTtcov T del ^evo<;. 
 
 KP. [171 pity'] rdXaiv dp rj reKOvcrd a\ 7]ti<; rjv irori. 
 
 Ifl. dSLKTj/jid TOV ^vvaLKo<; iyevo/jLTjv i-Vo)?- 
 
 KP. 6^669 Be ^lOTOv ; ev jdp yaKyaai vreTrXot?. 
 
 Ifl. roL<; TOV Oeov Kocr/jiovfi€0\ c5 BovXevo/jiev. 75 
 
 KP. ou3' fj^a<; et? epevvav e^evpelv yovd^; ; 
 
 Ifl. e^o) ^dp ovBev, o) ^yvvai, TeK/jL7]pL0v. 
 
 KP. (bed. [pausiny sorroirfully] 
 
 ireirovOe ti<; crrj /jLrjTpl TavT dWrj yvvtj. 
 
 Ifl. [with interest] 
 
 t/? ; el irovov /jLol ^vWd/3oi^ ')^aipoi/jLev dp* 
 
EURIPIDES. 
 
 [mysteriously'] 
 
 KP. r}^ ovveK rjkOov Sevpo irpiv iTocnv fioXelv. 80 
 
 1/2. irolov Ti ')(^prj^ova ; co? virovpyrjaco, 'yvvai. 
 
 KP. iidvrevfia KpvirTov Beofjuevr] ^ol/3ov fiaOelv. 
 
 Ifl. \€'yoi<; av ' r)fi6l<; rdWa irpo^ewjcrofiei^. 
 
 KP. cLKOve Srj Tov /jLvOov- [hesitating'] dW alhovfieOa. 
 
 Ifl. [impatient] ov rdpa 7rpd^6L<; ovSev ' dpyo'i rj 6e6<;. 85 
 
 KP. [embarrassed] ^ol^co fiL'yrjval (^rjal Tt<; (piXcov ifxayv. 
 
 Ifl. [shocked'] ^oi/Scp yvvr) yeyojaa ; fir] Xej, o) ^eptj. 
 
 KP. Kol iralhd 7' €T€K€ Tft) Oew \d6pa irarpo'^. 
 
 Ifl. [as before] ovK ecmv ' dvSpo<; dhiKiav ala')(vv6TaL. 
 
 [sternly] 
 
 KP. [earnestly] ov (^r^atv avrrj ' koX ireirovOev dOXta. 90 
 
 Ifl. tI yjpr)^ Spdcracr', el 6ea> avve^vyrj ; 
 
 KP. TOV TratS' ov ereKev e^eOrjice Bco/xdroov. 
 
 Ifl. o 8' iKreOel^; TraZ? ttov arlv ; elcropa c^do^ ; 
 
 KP. OVK olSev ouSei?. ravra Kal fiavrevofiat. 
 
 Ifl. el S' ovtcer ecm, rtvo rpoirw hiec^Odpr} ; 95 
 
 KP. 6rjpd<^ acf)e rov Bvcrrrjvov iXTTi^ec Kravetv. 
 
 Ifl. TTOLO) ToS* eyvo) ')(p(DfJbev7] TeKfi7]pi(p ; 
 
 KP. ekOovcr Xv avrov e^eOrjK ov')(^ rjvp en. 
 
 Ifl. rjv he (7Ta\ayiio<; iv crTi/Sa) Ti? aifiaro'^ ; 
 
 KP. ov (f)7jaL ' KaiTOL TToXX' eire(7Tpd(^ri irehov. 100 
 
 Ifl. ')(p6vo<^ he Tt9 TO) iraihl BcaTreTrpay/xevo) ; 
 
 KP. crol ravTov i]l3r)<i, elirep rjv, et;^' dv fu^erpov, 
 
 Ifl. OL/JLOL ' 7rpocrq)Bo<; rj TV')(r) tw/jlo) irdOeL. 
 
 KP. [compassionately] 
 
 Kal a\ 0) ^ev\ olfjuai, jjbrjrep' ddXcav irodelv. 
 
ION OF 
 
 in. KOI fjbrj y eV oIktov ^ e^ay^ ov XekrjafieOa. 105 
 
 KP. aiyS) ' nrepaive S' o)V a aviaropS) irepi. 
 
 112. olcrO' ovv Ka/jLveo rod \6yov iiaXKTTd aoL ; 
 
 KP. TL S' ov/c eKeivr] rfj raXaLTrcopo) vocrel ; 
 
 in. 7r(o<i 6 Oeo<i o Xadetv fiovXerat iiavreua-erai ; 
 
 KP. elirep Kadi^ei rpiTroSa kolvov 'EWaSo?. 110 
 
 in. al<T')(yveTaL to irpdy/jia' //-t) 'feXe7%e viv, 
 
 KP. aXyvverat, Se y rj iraOovaa rfj TV)(rj. 
 
 in. [decisively] ovK eanv 6cm<^ croc 7rpo(j)r]T6V(r6t rdoe. 
 iv T0fc9 yap avTOV Bcofiacnv KaKo<; (pavel^; 
 ^oi^o<; hiical(D<; top Oefjaarevovrd croc 115 
 
 hpaaeiev dv tl tttj/jU ' diraXXdaaov, yvvai • 
 Tft) ydp Oecd rdvavTi ov fxavrevTeov. 
 69 ydp ToaovTov ajxaOia'^ eXOoL/xev av, 
 el TOV<i Oeoi)^ d/covTa<; iKirovrjaofxev 
 (f)pd^€iv a fit} OeXovaiv rj 7r/Do/9a)/x/ot? 120 
 
 acpayalac /iijiXoyv r/ So' olcovmv Trre^ot?. 
 dv ydp /3la aTrevBcofiev aKovrojv 6eo3v, 
 OVK ovra KeKTi]iJbea6a rdydO , co yvvai ' 
 d 8' dv SiSwa €K6vr€<;, co^eXov^eOa. 
 
 KP. {clasping her hands, and turning to the temple"] 
 
 &> 4>ot/3e, KaKeZ KavOdK ov hUai,o<^ el 125 
 
 69 TTjv aTTovcrav, 979 irdpeiaLv 01 Xoyoi. 
 
 av T OVK, €aQ)aa<; tov aov, ov acoaal a eyj)r)v, 
 
 0V& laropovay firjrpl fidvrt^ c!)V e/36t9, 
 
 0)9, €4 /jiev ovKer ecmv, 6yK(o6fj Td<p(p, 
 
 el 8' ecTiv, eXOr] /jlt)! po<; et9 oylrcv irore. 130 
 
EURIPIDES. 
 
 [turning to Ion, as she sees Xdthus approach] 
 
 aXXj\ Si ^ev, elaopo) yap evyevP] iroaiv 
 
 'B^ovOov ireXa<i hi] rovSe, ra? TpocpcovLov 
 
 XcTTovra OaXu-ixa^, tou? X€XeyfjL€vov<; X070U? 
 
 alya 7rpo<; avhpa, jjli] tlv ala')(yvrjv Xdj3(o 
 
 BiaKovovaa KpvTrrdy kclI Trpo^fj X6709 135 
 
 ov^ fjirep rjfji€L<i avrov i^etXiaaofiev. 
 
 [dolefully'] rd yap yvvacKcbv hva')(€prj irpo^ dpcreva<^, 
 
 KCLV Tal<; Kaicalcnv dyaOaX ixefjuyixevai 
 
 fxtaoviied^ ' ovTQ) hvarv'X^Gl'i TrecpvKafiev, 
 
 \enttr Xuthus] 
 
 EO. TrpcoTov jjuev 6 ^eo? to)v ificov TrpoacpOey/jbdrcov 140 
 [bowing to the temple] 
 
 Xa/Scov d'TTap-)(a<^ yaipkrw, crv r, o) yvvai. [to Creusa] 
 [more anxious^ as he sees her agitated] 
 /jlcov ')(p6vL0^ iXOcov (T 6^67rXr]^^ oppcoBia ; 
 
 KP. [controlling herself] 
 
 ovSiv 7' • d<pLKou S' e? /jLept/uLvav. dXXd /jloc 
 Xe^ov TL decrTTLCT/jb ifc Tpocj^covLOV (f)epeL<;. 
 
 EO. ov/c rj^lcDcre rov 6eov irpoXaf-i^dveiv 145 
 
 /jLavrevixaO' ' ep 8' ovv elirev, ovk drrauhd yu-e 
 TTjOo? oIkov 7]^eLV ovhe a etc '^^prjarijpLcov. 
 
 K.P, [clasping her hands and praying] 
 
 ft) TTOTVia ^ol/Sov firjrep, el yap alcrLO)*; 
 
 eXOoLfxev, a re va>v avfi^oXata irpoaOev rjv 
 
 e? iralha rov gov, jjueTaireaoi ^eXriova. 150 
 
 EO. ecrraL raS' * [to Ion] dXXd Tt9 7rpo(f)7]TeveL 6eov ; 
 
 Ifl. rj/jbel^ rd y e^co, rwv eaco B' dXXoL<; fjbeXei, 
 o'l TrXTjcFiov Odaaovcn TpL7roBo<;, w ^eve, 
 
ION OF 
 
 AeXcpcjv apL(TTrj<;, om eKKrjpwaev TrdXof;. 
 EO. /caXw? * e^ft) St) iravO* 6ao)V i')(^pr]^o/jL6v. 155 
 
 o-T6L')(0LfjL av el'cra) * koL 'yap, ft)? €70) kXvco, 
 
 ')(p7)crrr)pLov ireTrTaiKe roh eirrfkvaL 
 
 KOLvov irpo vaov ' ^ovXofiat 8' iv rjpbipa 
 
 TrjS\ alaia 'yap, deov Xa/3elv /JLavrevfiaTa. 
 
 av 8' a/x</)l ^a)fjLOV<^, o) <yvvat, ha(j)vr]^6pov^ 160 
 
 Xa^ovcra KXcova^ evreKvov^; ev^o^ Oeol<; 
 
 ')(^pr)a/jLov(; fi ivejKeli^ i^ 'AttoXXwi^o? Bo/jlcov. 
 
 [exit into the temple'] 
 KP. ecrrac TdB\ earat. [musing'] Ao^ta? 8' idv deXrj 
 
 vvv aXXd Ta9 Trplv dvaXa/Selv afiaprla'^, 
 
 dira^; /xev ov yevoir av eh r)fid<; <plXo<;, 165 
 
 ocrov Be ')(^py^eL, 0€o<; ydp ea-n, he^ofjuai. [exit] 
 Ifl. TL TTore Xoyotcnv r) ^evrj 7rpo9 rov Oeov 
 
 KpvTrTolcTLV del XoiBopova alviaaeraL 
 
 TjTOL (^iXovad 7' rj<; vTvep fiavreverac, 
 
 rj Kal Ti cn'yo)a oiv aicoTrdaOac xpeoDV ; 170 
 
 [exity bewildered, and doubtful'] 
 
EURIPIDES. 
 
 SCENE II. 
 
 FATHER AND SON. 
 
 The women-attendants of Creusa, 07i the lower level, in fronts and 
 at the side of the stage. Ion appears alone, in front of the 
 temple; while he is looking anxiously around for Xuthus 
 the temple gate opens, and Xuthus comes excitedly out. He 
 advances with joy, and greets him. 
 
 HO. w TeKVOv, X^V ' V^^ y ^PXV '^^^ \6yov irpeTrovcrd 
 
 fJLOL 
 
 in. [surprisedl x/^lpo/jLev ' av 3' ev (ppovec ye, /cal Bv^ 
 
 ovT ev TTpd^ofjuev. 
 HO. [kissing his hand, and emhracing hitrJ] 
 
 So9 %e^09 (f)lX7j/jLd fioL crri<; cra)/jLaT6<; r a/z.^tTrri'^j^a?. 
 
 111. [drawing hack'] 
 
 ev (f)pove2<; fjuev, r) <j efirive Oeov tl<;, o) ^eve, ^Xd^rj ; 
 HO. ov (j)pova), rd (^CkraO^ evpwv el (ptXelv e<pie/jiac ; 175 
 
 1 12. [angrily] Trade, firj -y^ravaa'^ rd rod Oeov crri/jifiara 
 
 HO. dy\ro[Jbai, kov pvatd^co, rdfid S' evpLCTKCo (pCXa. 
 in. [stepping hack, and drawing his hoiu] 
 
 ovK diraXkd^eL, irplv el<j(£> ro^a irvevfiovoyv Xa^elv ; 
 
 HO. ot)? Ti Sr) (pevyec^ fie ; aavrov jvcopcaov rd (^IXTara. 
 
 in. ov (piXco (^pevovv dfiov(Tov<; koX /jLefirfvoTa^; ^ei>ov<;. 180 
 
 HO. [sadly] KTelve kol Triixirpr] ' irarpo'^ ydp, rjv Krdvrj*;, 
 
 eaet <povev<f 
 
ION OF 
 
 in. [scornfully] ttov Ce fxoi Trarrjp av ; ravr ovv ov 
 
 7eXci)? Kkveiv ifjuol ; 
 rO. 01) ' rpe^cdv 6 /jiv6o<i av aoi rafjua arjfjirjveLev av. 
 112. [still incredulous'] koX ri fjboi Xe^et? ; 
 HO. Trarrjp ao^; el/uut koX av 7rat9 i/jL6<=;. 
 
 112. Tt9 Xeyei raS' ; HO. o<? a eOpe^jrev ovra Xo^la^ 
 
 eiJbov. 185 
 
 1/2. /jbapTvpel^; cravrw. 1 
 
 HO. TCL Tov Oeov <y eKfiaOoov '^-qarrjpLa. 
 
 If2. i(T<j)a\,r}<^ aLVty/Jb dKOV(Ta<;. 
 
 HO. [iionically] ovK ap opO" CLKovofxev ; 
 
 112. 6 he \6yos TL<; iarl ^ol/3ov ; 
 
 HO. TOV (TwavTrjaavTu. /jloi 
 
 If2. [interrupting] TLva avvavrrjatv ; HO. Bofxcov tcjvS* 
 
 i^iovTL TOV Oeov 
 Lfl. [again interrupting] avix^opa'^ tlvo<; Kvpijaac ; HO. 
 
 7rat8* i/jibv iT6(^vKevai. 190 | 
 
 lfl. [struck] (TOV yeycoT, rj ScJopov dWcov ; 
 HO. Swpov, ovTa S' e^ e'/xoO. 
 
 lfl. TrpoiTa SrJT ifiol ^vvd7rT€i<; iroSa aov ; 
 HO. ovK aXXft), TeKvov. 
 
 lfl. [astounded] 
 
 7] Tv^rj TToOev TTod^ rjK€i ; HO. hvo fiiav dav/jLci^ofiev. 
 lfl. ea ' TLVo^ he (roc Tre^vKa /jLr]Tp6<^ ; 
 EO. OVK 6^0) cl)pdaai. 
 
 III. ovSe ^ot/3o9 etTre ; 
 
 EO. T€p<l>d€l<i TOVTO, Kelv OVK JjpO/XlJV. 11)5 
 
 i 
 
EURIPIDES. 
 
 Ifl. [ircmicaUy] yr]<; ap* eKirecf^vKa fjLrjrpo^;. 
 
 SO. ov TreBov rLKjet reKva, 
 
 Ifl. TTco? av ovv elrjv (j6<; ; 
 
 SO. ovK old', avac^epcD 8' e? tov 6e6v. 
 
 Ifl. [j/ielding'\ rep Qeu) yovv ovk aTnaTelv €lko<;. 
 
 HO. €V (ppoveU apa. 
 
 Ifl. Koi TL ^ov\6fjL€a6d 7' ciWo 
 
 SO. [interrupting^ vvv opa'^ a ^PV <^' opdv. 
 
 Ifl. Tj A 10'; 7rafcSo9 yeveaOai Tral'^ ; 
 
 SO. aoL ye ylyverai. 200 
 
 Ifl. rj dlyo) Sr}^' o'l [m e(^vaav ; 
 
 SO. TTLdo/jLevo'^ ye tcS 6ew. 
 
 Ifl. %at/)e /JLOL, irdrep, [emhracing hini] 
 
 SO. <^i\ov ye <f)6eyfju iBe^d/jurjv roSe. 
 
 Ifl. rjjiepa & 97 vvv irapovaa. 
 
 SO. jiaKCLpLov y edrjKe tie. 
 
 Ifl. [pausing, then sadly] 
 
 0) (f)L\r] fjLrjrep, ttot apa Kal aov 6-y^opiai hefia^; ; 
 
 vvv rroOo) ere paXkov rj Trpiv, 7]tl<; el ttot, elcnEetv. 205 
 
 dX/V' icrco<; reOvrjKa'^i rjfieL^ S' ovSev av hvvalpieOa. 
 
 [after a short silence, Xuthus comes forward and says ;] 
 SO. ft) reKvov, e? p.ev aifv dvevpecrcv ^eo? 
 
 6p6a)<; e/cpave, Kal avvrj^^ ipLol re ae, 
 
 av T av ra (^(Xrad^ t]vpe<;, ovk elSccx; iTdpo<;. 
 
 6 8' y^a<; op66)'=;, rovhe Kap^ e-^ei, ttoOo^, 210 
 
 OTTOJ? av T, 0) iral, p^rfrep evpy]aei<i aeOev, 
 
 iyco 6^ 6iroLa<; pot yvvaLK0<; e^e(f)v<;. 
 
 )(p6v(p Be B6vTe<; ravT iaco<; evpoip^ev dv. 
 
 3 
 
ION OF 
 
 [eagerlyl aX\ eKktTrcbv Oeov hdireh' oXrjTeiav re (Tr)V 
 €9 ra^ ^A67]va<; a7el')(6 KOLv6(f>po)v irarpi^ 215 
 
 ov (T 6\/3iov fJiev (TKrjiTTpov avajjLeveL irarpo^^ 
 7ro\v<i Be 7rXovTO<; ' ovBe Oarepov voacov 
 Svolv K€K\y](Tec Bu(7'y6V7]<; 7revr]<; 6'' a/jua, 
 a)OC evyevrj'i re kol irokvKTrjixwv /3lov. 
 [Ion remains silent and sad : Xuthus continues, crest-fallen'] 
 crtya^ ; rl 7rpo<; jtjv o/uL/jia aov ^akcov e')(eL<i, 220 
 69 (f)povTlBa<i r a7ri)\d6<i, e'/c Be ')(apiJbovri<^ 
 iraXiv fjLeTaaTa<i Belfjua 7rpoa^dWec<; irarpl ; 
 in. ov ravrov elBo<; (paiveraL rcov Trpay/jLarcov 
 irpocrcoOev ovrwv iyyvOev & opwixevwv. 
 iycb Be Tr}V fJbev avfKpopav dairdl^ofjLaL, 225 
 
 irarepa cr dvevpcov ' o)v Be yiyvdxiKW irept 3 
 
 aKOvcrov. elval (paai ra? avTO')(6ova<; ■'- 
 
 /c\etm9 ^K6i]va<=; ovk eirelaaKTOv yepo<;, 
 Xv eaireaovpbai Bvo voaco KeKrrjfievo^, 
 7rarp6<; r eiraKTOv KavTO<i oiv vo6ayevr]<;. 230 i 
 
 KOi rovT e')((jdv TOvveiBo<=;, dcr6evrj<; jMev wi/, 
 6 ixrjBev cbv kol^ ovBevcov Ke/cXijao/Mat ' 
 Tjv 3' €9 TO Trpcbrov 7roA-eo9 opfJii^Oel^ ^uyov 
 ^rjTco Tt9 elvau, tmv jj^ev dBvvdrwv viro 
 fjuLarjaofJieaOa ' \u7rpd yap ra Kpelaaova ' 235 
 
 oaoL Be ')(^pr)aTol BvvdfjuevoL r eivai ao(f>ol 
 atycoai kov airevBovaiV €9 to. irpdyfiaTa, 
 ye\fj)T ev avrol^ p,wplav re Xij-sjro/jiat 
 ovy '))av)(d^(ov ev TroXeo yjroyov TrXea. 
 tXdcop 3' 69 oIkop dXXorptov ermjXvi cop, 240 
 
EURIPIDES. 
 
 f^vvaLKCL 6' ft)9 drcKvov, rj KOivovfievrj 
 
 ra<; av/x(f)opd<i <jol irpoadev, airoXa^ovaa vvv 
 
 avrrj Kad' avri^v rrjv tv)(7jv oiaei vri/cpco?, 
 
 TTCO? ovy^ VTT avrrj'^ eiKorco'^ fiLo-rjaofiai, 
 
 Hrav Trapaaro) aol fiev i'yyvOev 7roh6<^, 245 
 
 r) 8' ova dT€Kvo<; rd ad 0/X,' elcropd 7riKp(h<^^ 
 
 Kar rj 7rpoSov<; crv jjl e? Bd/iapra ai^v ^Xcttt]^. 
 
 rj rdfjid rifiuyv BcjfjLa auy^^^ea'^ ^XV^ ' 
 
 [pausing : sadly'] 
 
 dXkw<^ T6 Tr]V crr]v d\o-)(ov oltcrelpw, irdrep, 
 
 dirat^a yrjpdcrKovaav ' ou ydp d^ia, 250 
 
 Trarepcov dir ea6\o)v ova, aTraiBia voaelv. 
 
 [then bitterly^ 
 
 TvpavvLBo<; Be rrjf; fjucuT'qv alvov[iev7]<; 
 
 TO fxev TrpoacDTTOV rjSv, rdv So/ioiat Be 
 
 \v7r7]pd ' Tt9 ydp /jLaKdpL0<;, tl<^ evTV)(yj<^, 
 
 6aTL<; Se8ot«:ct)9 fcal Trapa^eircov (Siav 255 
 
 alcova relvei ; Btj^iott]^ dv evrv^rj^ 
 
 ^i]v dv OeXoijjiL [idXkov rj Tvpavvo<=; cov, 
 
 (p TO 1)9 7rovr]pov<; rjBovr] cfiiXov^; e-^etv, 
 
 iaO\ov<; Be /jbtaet KarOavelv (f)o/3ovijLevo<;. 
 
 €lL7rot<; dv 0)9 ')(^pvao<; eKviKa rdBe, 260 
 
 ifkovrelv re repirvov ' ov ^iXco yjroyov^; kXtjclv 
 
 iv X^P^^^ aco^cjv oX/Sov ovB' e'^eiv Trovov^;. 
 
 elrj S' ejjioiye fierpia firj Xvirov/juevo). 
 
 a o evuao eL')(ov ayau aicovaov fiov, nrarep • 
 
 Tr)V fj^iXrdrrjv fjuev Trpcorov dvdpco7roL<; a')(oXriv 265 
 
 0')(Kov re [xerpiov ovoe jjl e^eirXri^ ooov 
 
 B 2 
 
270 
 
 ION OF 
 
 TTOVTjpb's ovBeL<;. Kelvo B' ovk avaG")(eTov, 
 eXK€iv oBov '^(aXoiVTa rol^ KaKLoatv. 
 Oewv 8' ev €vx^^'^ V ^oyouaiv rj ^portov, 
 virrjperoiv yalpova-iv, oh '^Qwyu^voi'^. 
 KoX T0U9 jiev e^kireyuirov, oi 8' tJkov ^evoc, 
 oidO^ TjBv'^ ael Kaivo<^ cov Kaivola-LV rjv. 
 o S' evKTOv avOpcoTTOLai, kclv ctKOvcnv -p, 
 BiKacov etval /jl 6 v6jjL0<; tj ^vaL^; 6^ a/jLa 
 irapel'^e rca 6e(p. ravra avvvoovfJbevo<^ 275 
 
 Kpetaaa} vojjbl^co ravOdB' 17 ruKel, irarep. 
 ea he pJ avTOV l^rjv ' larj yap 1) %a/ot?, 
 /jbeyaXoiCTL '^aipetv a-fJUKpa 0^ r)8ea}<; e^etj^. 
 \0. iravcrai \6y(ov TO)vh\ evrv^etv 8' eTnaraao ' 
 
 dekco yap ovirep <j 7)vpov ap^aaOaiy tekpov, 280 
 
 KOi,vri<^ rpaTre^T/? Balra Trpo'; kolvt^v Treacov, 
 
 Ovcrai 6^ a aov irplv yeve&Xi ovk i9vcra/xev. 
 
 /cal vvv fjiev o)? S?) ^evov aycov a icpeaTtov 
 
 heiTTVOicn rep-v/rco * tt}? 8' ^ KOrfvaiwv ')(dovo'^ 
 
 d^co OeaTTjv hi)9ev, &)? ovic opt ipLov. 285 
 
 KaX yap yvvalKa rrjv ifiyv ov ^oyXofxac 
 
 Xvirelv dreKvov ovaav avT0<i evrv^odv. 
 
 y^p6v(p he Kaipov \a/jLj3dvcov irpoad^opLai 
 
 hd/jLapr edv ae aKijTrrpa tu/jL e^eiv ')(Bovu<i. 
 
 "Icova 8' 6vo/xd^(o ae, rrj TV)(r) Trpeirov, 
 
 odovveK dhvTcov e^Lovn p,ot Oeov 
 
 iYi;o<; avvi)^a<^ tt^wto?. dWa rcov (fjtXcop 
 
 TrXrypo)//-' dOpoLaa<; /SovOvtm gvv rjhopfj 
 
 irpocrecire, /jteXkoyv Ae\(f)ih' eKXtTretv ttuXiv. 
 
EURIPIDES. 
 
 \turnwg to the attendant women] 
 
 vfilv he ai'yav, S/jLO}lB€<;, Xiyo) rciSe, 295 
 
 rj Odvarov clirovaaLai irpo<; Sd/xapr ifii]V. 
 Ifl. oTeL')(OLfjL dv ' ev he Tr]<; Tu^^r;? drreaTL /xoi ' 
 \_ljassionattIt/] 
 el /JLT) yap 7]tl<; fi ereKev eiip-qaWj Trdrep, 
 d/3L(DT0V rjficv ' el S' eTrev^aaOai ^petoz^, 
 eK TOiv WOrjvcov (jl i) reKova ehj yvvr]^ 30C 
 
 0)9 /X06 yevrjTaL fJLr}Tp66ev Trappijala. 
 KaOapdv yap i]v Ti? e? ttoXlv Trecrrj ^evo<;, 
 Kav Toh XoyoLOTiv dcrrb^ y, to ye aro/jia 
 BovXop TreTrarai kovk e^^et irapprjaLav. [Exeunt"] 
 
ION OF 
 
 SCENE III. 
 
 THE PLOT. 
 
 Enter Creusa from the temple alone. She advances to the space in 
 front, and looks over to the lower level. Amongst her train she 
 spies the aged natdaycoyos, and hecJcons to him to come up to her. 
 
 KP. ft) TTpeV/Su TraiSaycoy 'Epe^^eft)? Trarpo^; 305 
 
 Tov/JLOV TTOT ovTO^, TjVLK r)v cV iv (pdet, 
 eiraipe aavrov Trpo? Oeov ')(^pr}aTi'}pia, 
 w? piot avvrjaOfj^, el rt Ao|^ta9 ava^ 
 Oeo-TTtcr/jLa iraihcdv e? yova<; icpdiy^aro ' 
 <rvv Tol<; (J)l\ol(; yap rjBv puev irpdaaeiv Ka\a)<;, 310 
 o /JLT) yivoLTO h\ el tl Tvy)(avoL KaKov, 
 eh opupbaT evvov (pcoro^; e/u^/SXeylrat yXvKV. 
 eyo) 8e cr', coaTrep kol av irarep e/uLov Trore, 
 heairoLV ofiw^ ova dvTiKTjSevco irarpo'^. 
 
 \ Ylavhaywyo^^, a feeble old man ivith a stich, who is amongst 
 Creusa's attendants^ now approaches the stage from 
 below] 
 UA. ft) dvyarepj aft' d^lcov yevvrjropcov 315 
 
 7]d7j ^vkdaaeL<; kov Karaia'^^^vvaa e'^et? 
 TOi/? aov<; 7ra\aiov<; eyyevel^; avruy^Ooj'a'^. 
 [apprmiching the stej)s, and stretching out his arms] 
 eXx ^^'^^ '^P^*> fiekaOpa koI KopuXe /le. 
 alireivd roc fjuavrela ' rov yypa)^ 3e /xot 
 
EURIPIDES. 
 
 crweKTrovovaa kcoXov larpo'^ yevov. 320 
 
 KP. [advancing to the steps and giving him her hand] 
 
 eirov vvv ' X')(yo<^ S' iK(pv\aaa oirov Ti6ri<^. 
 TIA. Ihov. [led slowly up hi/ Creu 6 \] • 
 
 TO rod 7ro8o? fiev ^pahv, to tou 8e vdv Ta')(y. 
 KP. ^d/crpo) 8' ipelSov irepK^eprj ari/Sop ')(6ovo<s. 
 HA. [feeling helplessly about] 
 
 Kol TOVTO TV(f)\6v, OTUV iyco jSXeTTO) ^pa')(\}. 
 KP. op6(o<; eXe^a? * dWa firj irapfj'^ kottw. 325 
 
 UA. GVKOVV 6K(OV je, TOV 8' aTTOI^TO? OV KpaTM. 
 
 [they have now reached the summit of the stage] 
 KP. [turning to the front, where the attendants are] 
 
 yvvaLfC€<;, larcov tmv ejULcov kol KepKiSo^; 
 
 SouXev/JLa ttccttov, rlva rvxrjv \a/3(ov 7r6at<; 
 
 (Se/STjKe iraihwv Mvirep ovue-^ TJ/cofiev ; 
 
 cnj/jL^var ' el yap ciyaQd fioi fJbrjvvaeTe, 330 
 
 ovic et? dTrLdTov^ hecnrora^ ^aXel<=; yapdv. 
 XO. [nith a cry of despair and doubt] la) Balp^ov. 
 II A. TO (f)poi/jLiov fiev TOiv Xoycov ovk evrup^e?. 
 XO. l(b T\d/jLOV. [as before] 
 
 TIA. dW' rj Ti 6ecr(f)dT0Lcn hecnroTwv vocrcj ; 335 
 
 XO. [darkly] elev ' tl Spcj/nev 6dvaT0<^ oiv KeiTai irepi ; 
 KP. [startlecf] TL<i ijBe pbovcra, ^o) (j>6^o<^ tlvcov rrrepc ; 
 XO. €L7r(o/jL€v rj cnycj/jLev r) tL hpdaojJiev ; 
 KP. 6i(f)' ' &)? €-)(^6i<^ ye (Tv/ii(j)opdv tlv et? ifxe. 
 XO. elpi]aeTai tol, Kel Oavelv fieXkca hiTrXfj. 340 
 
 OVK eaTi croL, heairoiv, eV dyKdXai^ Xa/Selv 
 
 Te/ci>\ ovBe /xaaTM era? Trpoaap/jiocrai, itotL 
 
ION OF 
 
 KP. [in despair] oijioi ddvoifii. 
 
 HA. [jpleadingly, to soothe hei^l Ovyarep. 
 
 KP. [luildJy, frantically] o) rakaiv iyco. 
 
 HA. fn'-jTrw aTevd^r)<^, KP. dWd Trdpeiai jooc. 
 
 UA. irplv av /jiddcofxev KP. dyyeXiav rlva fxoi ; 345 
 
 UA. el ravrd irpdaawv Seo7roT7j<; r?}? av/jL(f)opd<i 
 
 KOLV(ov6<; eaTLV, rj fiovrj av 8vaTV')(^6L^. 
 XO. KeLV(p fxev, c5 yepaci, iralha Ao^la<^ 
 
 eScoKev, ISia S' evTv^el TavT7}<^ ^^X^' 
 
 [Crkusa cries aloud'] 
 TLA. TTorepa Be (f)vi>ac Sel yvvaLKO<; ck ilvo^ 350 
 
 Tov TralS^ ov elira'^, t) yeycor iOeainaev ; 
 XO. rjSr] irecjiVKOi^ eKreki) veaviav 
 
 hihcoaiv avTw Ao^laf; ' Traprjv 8' iyco. 
 
 [Creusa cries again] 
 HA. TTw? ovv 6 y^prjcr iJio<^ eKTrepalveraL Oeov 
 
 aacpearepov jjlol (f^pd^e, '^coart^ ecO' o ttol^. 355 
 XO. OTco ^vvavri)aeLev eic Oeov crv6e\<; 
 
 TrpcoTO) TToaa a6<;^ iralK ehwK avro) de6<^. 
 
 [Creusa agonised] 
 HA. Ti? ovv e^pi^adri ; tm avvrjyy l'^vo<; 7ro8b<; 
 
 7r6aL<s ToXaivi]^ ; ttw? Se nrov vlv elcnBotyv ,* 
 XO. olaO\ 0) (pcXt] heaiTOLva, rov veaviav 360 
 
 09 TOILS' eaacpe vaov ; ovro^ eaO' o Trat?. 
 
 [Creusa answers only by a frantic louk, and beating her 
 breast and luailing] 
 
 HA. ovo/iia Se irolov avrov ovofidl^ec irari'^p ; 
 
 XO. "Iwi^', eVetTTtp TTpcoTosi i]VTT]aev irarpu 
 
EURIPIDES. "^lSE L 
 
 HA, fJLi^Tpo^ Se 7roia<i eariv ; ■-■ : , 
 
 XO. ovK 6^0) (j)pdaai. 
 
 (f)povBo<; 8\ 7v etS^? irdvra rdir' i/xov, yepov. 365 
 aK7]vd<; £9 //oa? rrjahe \a6paLa)<; 7r6cn<;, 
 KOLvfi ^vvd-yjrcov halra TracBl tm vew. 
 TIA. [turning away to talk with CreusaJ 
 
 heaiTOLva, irpohehofieaOa, crvv yap aot vocro) 
 
 Tov crov 7rpo<; dv8po<i, koL /jL€fir})^avrj/jLeL'a)'^ 
 
 v/Spi^o/jLeaOa, Bcofidroov t 'Epe^^ect)9 37C 
 
 eK^cCKKofJueada. koI aov ov arvyo^v Troaiv 
 
 \eyco, ere fxevTOi /xaXXov rj keZvov (ptXcov, 
 
 6<TTL<^ ere yt]/uia<; ^evo^ eireiaekOoov iroXiv 
 
 Kai Scj/jba, Kol arjv 7rapaX.a/3a)v irayKkripiav 
 
 aX\r]<; yvvaLKo<; iralha'^ iKKapirov/jLevof; 37t 
 
 \dOpa 7r6(p7]vev ' o)? \d6pa B\ iyco (ppdaco ' 
 
 iirel a dreKVOv fjader , ovk. earepye aot 
 
 6/jbOLO<; elvai t?}? '^I'X'T^ '^' '<^oz^ cf^ipeLv, 
 
 Xa^cbv Be BovXa XeKrpa vv/jL(pev(Ta<i XaOpa 
 
 TOV TratS' e(f)v<Tep. e^evwfjuevov he T(p 380 
 
 AeX(f)(t)v BlScoctlv eKTpecf)ecv ' 6 S' iv Oeov 
 
 Bo/jLolctlv dcf)eTo<;, co? XdOoi, TratSeverat. 
 
 veaviav 8' co? ya-Oer iKTeOpafJUfievov, 
 
 iXdelv (J eireicre Bevp diraihia'^ ydpiv. 
 
 Kaff 6 deo<; ovk i-^jrevcraO', 68e 8' iyjrevcraTO, 385 
 
 TTaXau rpecpcov tov iralha, KairXeKev irXoKa^ 
 
 TovdcrS' • dXov<^ /xev dve'(pep^ e? tov halfiova, 
 
 XaOoov he kol tov '^povov dixvveadab OeXwv, 
 
 Tvpavvih' avTU) irept^aXelv e/xeXXe yr}^. 
 
 KCLLVol he Tovvofjb dvd ')(^povov ireirXaajJievov, 390 
 
ION OF 
 
 \(MiV, lovTL Brjdev on crvvrjvTero. 
 KoX rcavh^ airdvTOiv eo-yarov nreicrei, KaKov, 
 aynqTop , avapiOfiT^rov, e/c 8Gv\r)<; rtz/o? 
 yvvaiKO^, e? aov hoifxa Secnrorijv ayet. 
 dirXovv av rjv yap to KaKov, el Trap' evyevov^ 395 
 /jbr}Tp6<>, TTiOcov ere, ar]v \eycov airaihlav^ 
 elacpKia olkou<=; ' el 8e aol roB' rjv iriKpov, 
 TO)v AloXov I'iv XPV^ ope')(6rivaL ydjicov. 
 etc Ton'he Bel ae Brj yvvauKelov rt hpav ' 
 Yj yap ^L<po<; Xa/Sovcrav rj B6\(p tlvl 400 
 
 ■^ (fyap/JLCLKOLaL crov KaraicTelvat, iroaiv 
 Kal iraZBa, irpiv aot Odvarov eK Keivwv fioXelv. 
 iyo) fjuev ovv gov Kal avveKirovelv OeXco, 
 Kai avfjL<pov6V6Lv iralB" eireiaeXOcov B6/jL0L<i 
 01) BaW OTrXi^ei, Kal Tpo<pela BecTTToraif; 405 
 
 diroBoij^ Oavelv re ^f?ov re (piyyo<i elaopdv. 
 ev yap n toI'^ BouXoiatv alay^iivrfv (pepec, "f 
 
 rovvo/jua ' ra B' dXXa irdvTa tmv eXevdepcov 
 ovBeU KaKi(ov ^oOXo?, 6aTL<; ia6X6<i y. I 
 
 [Creusa remains brooding^ then titters an exclamation about 
 
 her child] 
 
 TIA. [scrtitinising her : then after a paused 
 
 M Ouyarep, ovtol aov /SXeircov e/bLTTLfiTrXa/iaL 410 
 
 nrpoacoiroVy e^co S' eyevofiriv yvco/iir]<^ e/xij'i. 
 
 TTolov reKelv (pr)<i iralK ; dveXOe ixot irdXiv. 
 K.P. \_reliictaiit, hut rcsolvn/] 
 
 al(T')(ypo/jiaL /juev a\ ch yepov, Xe^o) B' 6/uL(o<i. 
 II A. w? (Tvarevd^eiv y olBa yei>vaico<; (f)iXoL<i. 
 KP. liKove TOLi'vv ' olaOa Is.eKpoTria^ irirpa^ ; 416 1| 
 
 I 
 
EURIPIDES. 
 
 IIA. olB\ evOa ITai^o? dBvra /col ^co/jloI vreXa?. 
 
 KP. [sully] ivravd ayojpa Bewou rjycovia/jbeOa. 
 
 IIA. Ti'v ; ft)? airavra BciKpvd /jlol rot? crot? \6yoL<i. 
 
 KP. ^ol/Sq} ^vvi]ylr dfcovaa hvaTrjvov yd/jLov. 
 
 IIA. KOLT e^eKkey^ra'^ ttw? 'ATToXXftJi^o? ycifiov^ ; 420 
 
 KP. [sadly] 6T6K0V • dvda')(^ov ravr efiov kXvcov, yepov, 
 
 IIA. TTov Ti? \o-)(eveL a ; 7) /jlovt] ixo')(6el<i rdBe ; 
 
 KP. fMOvrj Kar dvrpov ovirep et^ev')(6riv ydixoi^. 
 
 HA. 6 7rat9 he irov VriV ; 'iva crv fjn-jKeT f)<; d7raL<;. 
 
 KP. Te6pr}K€v, CO yepaie, Oijpalv e/cre^e/?. 425 
 
 IIA. [_in hoj^ror] 
 
 reOvrjK ; ^AttoXXcov 3' 6 KaKo<^ ovSev rjpKecrev ; 
 KP. ovK i)pKea, " Xihov 8' ev B6/jbOL<i TraiSeverac. 
 IIA. TL<^ ydp VLV e^eOrfKev; ov yap Br] av ye. 
 KP. r)/xeL<;, ev opc^vrj (T7rapyavcoaavTe<; ireirXoL'^. 
 HA. ovSe ^vvrjBei, croi rc^ e/c6e(TLV reKVOv ; 430 
 
 KP. ai ^vfji(f)opaL ye kol to \av6dveiv jjlovov. 
 TIA. Kol TTCO? ev dvrpw iralBa crov Xiirelv eT\7)<; ; 
 KP. [with the anguish of a mother's recollection] 
 
 7rco<; 8' ; oiKrpd ttoWcl aroiMaro'^ eK/SaXovcr eirr). 
 HA. (f)€V' [with deep pity] 
 
 rXij/iicov (TV ToX/Ltr;?, 6 Be 6eo<; fiaXXov aeOev. 
 KP. [agonised^ el iralBd y elBe<; ')(elpa^ e/creivovrd /jLol. 435 
 IIA. /lao-Tov Blcokovt rj tt/oo? dy/cdXais ireaelv ; 
 KP. [laying her hand icildly on her hosom] 
 
 evravD lv ovk mv aotK evracr^ei^ e^ e/juov. 
 IIA. aol B' e? TL B6^r)(; rfkOev eKJBaXelv reKvov ; 
 KP. ft)9 Toy 6eov aooaovra rov y avrov yovov. 
 
IGN OF 
 
 JIA. oXfioii BojULcov acav 6\j3o'^ q)<; '^etfjid^erai. 440 
 
 \_weeping, and huryin(j his. head in his robe'] 
 
 KP. TL Kpara Kpuyfra';, ft) yipov, BaKpvppo€L<; ; 
 
 II A. ere Kol Trarepa crbv hvaTV)(ovvTa<i elaopoiv. 
 
 KF. ra ovrjTa Toiavr ovbev ev ravTO) /juevei.. 
 
 HA. [calmer'] jxt] vvv er ol/ctcdv, Ovyarep, avTe'^cofieOa. 
 
 KP. TL yap fjL6 '^pr} hpav ; diropia to SucrrL'^eti/. 445 
 
 II A. TOP TvpcoTov dhiKTrjaavrd a dirorlvov deov. 
 
 KP. KOL TTw? rd Kpelaao) 6v7]to<; ova vTrephpdfioy ; 
 
 UA. [ fiercely] irl/jLTrpr) rd crefivd Ao^lov '^(prjcrTijpLa. 
 
 KP. [in f earl BeBoiKa ' kol vvv Tri^/jbdrcov dByjv €^(o. 
 
 HA. rd Bvvard vvv roXfjiTjaov, dvhpa aov Kravelv. 450 
 
 KP. alBov/uueO' evvd<; id<^ rod' rjVLK iaOX6<y rjv. 
 
 HA. av B' dWd iralBa rov eVt aol ire^rjvora. 
 
 KP. [eagerly] 
 
 7rw9 ; el yap etrj Bvvarov. co? dekoLfJbi y dv. 
 
 HA. ^L(f>'rj<p6pov^ aov'i oiiKlaaa OTrdova^. 
 
 KP. aT€l')(otiJi dv ' dWd irov yev^jaerac roBe ; 455| 
 
 HA Ipalaiv iv aKr)valcnv, ov Ooiva (piXov;. 
 
 KP. [dubiously] 
 
 eTTLarj/jUov 6 <f>6vo<^, kol to BovXov daOeve^;- 
 
 UA. [vexed, and rather conternptuous] 
 
 olpbOL, Kaici^ei. ^€pe, av vvv jSovXeve tl. 
 
 KP. Koi pbrjv 6^0) ye BoXlu koX BpaaTJJpia. 
 
 HA. dficpoLV dv eiTjv tolvB' v7rr]peT7]<; iyo). 460 
 
 KP. uKove TOivvv ' olaOa yiiyevi) p^d-^Tjv ; 
 
 HA. olB\ Tjv ^bXeypa TiyavTe'^ eaTifaav Oeol<i. 
 
 KP. evTavOa Topyuv t're/ce F/}, Beovov T€pa<i. 
 
EURIPIDES. 
 
 HA. i-j iraiaiv avTT]<; crv/ji/jLa^ov, Oeoiv irovov ; 
 
 KP. val ' Kai viv eKretv tj A to? TI aWd? Bed. 46c 
 
 IIA. ap ovt6<; icrO' 6 fjLuOo<; ov k\v(o TraXat ; 
 
 KP. TavTr]<; ^ KOdvav ^epo<^ iirl aTepvoL<^ ^'X^'^- 
 
 UA. fjv alyiB^ ovo/xd^oucTL, TlaWdSo<i aroXiju ; 
 
 KP. ro8' eo-^ev 6vo/xa Oewv or rjXOev e? hopv. 
 
 UA. TL hrjTa, Ovyarep, rovro crot^ i-)(6pol<^ ^\d/3o<; ; 470 
 
 KP. ^^pi')(66viov olcrd' 7] ov ; TL S' ov /xeWec^, jipov ; 
 
 UA. ov rrpwTov iipLOiv rrpo'^ovov e^avr]Ke jrj ; 
 
 KP. TOVTW SlScoctl TlaWd<^ ovrc veo'yovw 
 
 UA. [interrupting hastily \ 
 
 TL ')^pr]fia ; fieWov jdp tl irpoa(^ep6L<; eVo?. 
 KP. BLaaoix; aToXdy/jLovf; aL/j,aTO<i Topyov^ airo. 475 
 UA. la^ijv eyovTa's Tiva tt^o? dvOpcoirov (pvcrLv ; 
 KP. TOP fjbev 6avdaL/jL0V, tov 6 dfcecrcpopov voacov. 
 UA. ev Tft) KaOd-^aa d/jL<pl rraLSl crd>fjLaTo<=; ; 
 KP. '^pvcroLCTL SecTyU-ot? * 6 Se BtScoa i/jLw iraTpL 
 UA. KELVOV d€ KaTdav6vT0<i e? a dcpiKero ; 480 
 
 KP. vai' kuttI fcapTTw y avT^ iyco %epo? cf^epco. 
 UA. \in joy] 0) (ptXTdTT) iral. irdvT 6-)(eL<=; ocrcov ere Bel. 
 KP. TOVTW OaveLTaL iral^ ' av S' o /ct6lvcov ecreL. 
 UA. TTov KOL TL Bpd(Ta<; ; crbv Xeyeii', ToXfiav 8' ijjLov. 
 KP. ev TaU 'AOi]vaL<;, Bw/x' OTav tov/jLov fioXrj. 485 
 
 UA. [f>hahiny las head] 
 
 ovfc ev ToB' etTra? * kol crv yap tov/iov yjriyei';. 
 KP. [hurt] 770)9 / ap* virelBov tovO' o Kcifju elaep-^eTai, ; 
 UA. (TV iralBa Bo^ei^ BLoXeaaL, Kel fJirj KTevel<^. 
 KP, op6(x)^ ' (pdovelv ydp (pacrc /uL7jTpvLd<; TeKV0L<^. 
 
ION OF 
 
 IT A. avTov vvv avTov kteIv, Xv apvr\(jri (f)6vov<;. 490 
 
 KP. \_witli vindictive pleasv re] 
 
 TrpoXci^v/JiaL <yovv tm j^povw r?}? r)hovr]<;. 
 
 UA. Koi crov ye Xr;cr6i9 jroaiv a ere aTrevSei \a6eZv. 
 
 KP. olcrO' ovv o hpaaov ; ^e//D09 e^ e^r]<^ Xa^a>v 
 
 \_undasping the locl<et from Iter wrist, and giviug it to IlaiS.] 
 
 yjyvaw^ ' KQava^ Tohe, ircCkaibv opyavov, 
 
 iX6a>v Xv rjfilv ^ovdirrel \d6pa iroai'^, 495 
 
 helirvoov orav Xt^ycoaL koX cT7rovha<; Oeol^ 
 
 fjLeWcocrc XeljBeiv, iv 7reiT\oL<^ ^X^^ roBe, 
 
 KaOe^ jBaXoov eV irwiJLa rw veavia, 
 
 iZla he, fjurj tl iraat, '^(oipLcra^ ttotov 
 
 ToS Tcov i/jbwv ixeXkovTL SecTTro^eLv hojiwv. 500 
 
 Kavirep hiekOrj Xai/jiov, ovttoO' 'i^erac 
 
 KXecva^i 'A^;;i^a9, Kardavcov 8' avrov fxevel. 
 
 TLA. [_eagerly resoluti'] 
 
 av fxev vvv elaw irpo^evcov fxeOe'^ iroSa' 
 rj/jLeL<; 8' e<f> a> rerdy/jLed eKirovi]aofiev. 
 
 [Exit Creusa to Delphi] 
 [touching his leg with his staff] 
 
 dy\ CO yepate ttou?, veavia^; yevov 505 
 
 epyoiac, Kel fir] to5 '^povw irapeaTL aoi. 
 i')(6pov 8' eV dvBpa arelx^ heairoroiv fiera, 
 KoX avfKpoveve kol avve^aipet So/icov. 
 rrjv 8' evcre/Seiav evTv^^ovat fiev KaXov 
 TL/jLciv, orav he TroXe/jLiov; SpCiaai, /ca/cw? 510 
 
 OeXj] Tts", ovheU ifJLTrohcov Kelrau v6^o<;. 
 
 [Exit to find Xuthus and Ion] 
 
EURIPIDES, 
 
 SCENE IV. 
 
 THE POISONING. 
 
 Enter hastily a servant^ with a horror-stricken expression^ from the 
 city. He looks about bewildered^ then spies the Chorus, and ad- 
 vances to the front of the stagehand addresses them as follows : — 
 
 0E. ^evat 'yuvaLK€<;, irov Koprjv 'E/ae^^eo)? 
 
 SiaTTOLvav evpco ; 7rai>Ta)(7] jap aarew'^ 
 
 ^rjTcov viv e^eirXrjaa, kovk €-)(o} Xa^elv. 
 X.O. TL S' eanv, c5 ^vvBovXe ; rL<; irpoOviiia 515 
 
 iTohodv e-)(eL ae, kol Xoyov^ Tiva<; (f>ip€i<^ ; 
 GE. 6r)pa}/jL€6' ' ap-)(a\ 8' a'm')((i}pLOb ')(6ovo^ 
 
 ^rjTovaiv av7i)v^ w^ Oavrj Trerpou/jiePT]. 
 XO. [in i>anic'\ olpuoi, ri Xe^et? ; ov tl irov Xeki'-jixpueOa 
 
 fcpv(f>aiov €9 Tralo iKTropL^ovcrat (f)6vov ; 520 
 
 QE. e7i^&)9 * iJLe6e^ei<^ ovk ev v(TrdTOL<; kukov. 
 XO. co(p67] 8e 7rco9 ra Kpyirra /jLTj'^avT]/jLara ; 
 QE. TO fiT) hiKaiov, Tr}<; Blk7)<; rjcraco/jLevov, 
 
 i^Tjvpev 6 6e6<;, ov /jbcavdijvaL OeXcov. 
 XO. [earnestly] 
 
 7rw9 ; avTid^co a iKerc^ e^eLTrelv rdhe. 525 
 
 ireTTvajjievaL yap el Oavelv '77/xa9 ')(pe(jL>v, 
 
 i]hiov av 6dvoLfiev, eW^ opav (f)do<;. 
 SE. eVet 6 60V jjiavT6Lov co^^er' eKkiiroiv 
 
 TTOCTi's }s^p€ova7]<^, TTalSa TOP Kaivov \a^(i)V, 
 
ION OF 
 
 irpo^; SecTTva 6vala^ 6' a? ^eoi? oiirXL^eTo, 530 
 
 iH^ovOo'^ fiev w^^er' evda irvp irrjha deov 
 (BaK'yelov^ ft)? (Tcpay alert Atovvaou Trerpa^; 
 Bevaete huacrd^, TratBo^ uvr oirrrjpLcov, 
 Xe^a?, * av fiiv vvv, tekvov, afK^i^pei'^ fJbevwv 
 
 * (TK7]va<; avLarr} tcktovcov ixo')(6i^iJiaaLV. 535 
 
 * 6v€ra<; Be <yeveTai^ Oeolaiv rjv fiaKpov ')(p6vov 
 
 * fievco, wapovcn BalTe<; ecrrwcrav cf>L\oL<i.' 
 Xa/Scbv Be yLtocr^OL'? ft>i^e^'. 6 Be veapia<; 
 aefJbVMV aTOt^ov; TreptySoXa? o-Krjvco/jbdrcov 
 opOocTTCLTaL^ IBpveO', rjXlov (fiXoya 540 
 vaXco9 (pvXd^a^, ovre Trpo? fjbeaa<; Oeov 
 
 oLKrlvaf; ovr av irpo'^ TeXeurcocra? ^o\d<^, 
 ifkeOpov aTaO/jL7]aa(; fi7]/co<; eh evycoviav, 
 ft)? rrdvra Ae\(f)a)v Xaov e? Oolvrjv KaXwv. 
 Xa/Soyv 8' v<j)dcr/jLaO^ ipd Orjcravpcov irdpa 545 
 
 KareaKia^e, Oav/xar dv6pd)7roc<; opdv. 
 nrpoyrov fxev 6p6(pcp irrepvya TreptjSdXXeL TriirXwv, 
 avdOij/xa Aiov TratSo?, oi;? 'Hpa/cXe?;? 
 'A/jua^ovcov aKvXev/xar i^veyKev 6eu). 
 evfjv S' v(f)avTal ypd/jL/jbaatv TotalB' vcf^al ' 550 
 
 Ovpavo<; dOpol^wv dcrrp ev aiOepo'^ kvkXm ' 
 tTTTTOu? fjiev ifkavv e? reXevraiav (f)Xoya 
 HXto?, €(f)eXK(i)P Xajxirpov l^crirepov cf)ao<i. 
 IxeXdixireirXo^ Be Nu^ daelpwrov ^vyoU 
 6-^7] /i* eiraXXev ' darpa S' ayfidpTeL Oea. 555 
 
 ITXeta? /jiev jjec fieaoTropov Bt aWepo<;, 
 6 re ^L<pi]pr)(; 'D,pi(ov ' virepOe Be 
 
EURIPIDES, 
 
 ^ KpKTO^ (TTp€cf)ova ovpola y^pvai^pei ttoXqj. 
 kvkXo<; Be iravcrekrivo'; tjkovtl^' dvco 
 /xr]vo<; Bo')(^pr)<^, 'TaSe? re vauTiXoL<; 560 
 
 (Ta<pecrraTOv (rrjfieLov, i] re (^wa(^6po<; 
 ''Eoj? hicoKova darpa. TOL')(Oicnv 8' ein 
 rjjjL'ma'^ev dXka ^ap/Sdpcov vc^dafiara^ 
 ewjper/jLov^ vav<; avria'^ ^Wrjviaiv, 
 KoX fjLL^66rjpa<; (f)a)Ta<^ lirireia^ r dypa<;, 565 
 
 i\dcf)cop XeovTWv r dypicov Orjpdixara, 
 Kar elaoSov; Be K.efcp07ra Ovyarepwv ireXa^ 
 cnrelpaiCTLV elXlaaovT, ^ AdrjvaLcov TLv6<i 
 dvd6r]fjLa, ^/3uo"eou9 t' ev fiecro) avaairm 
 KpaTrjpa<^ ecTTrja ' ev S' dKpoccrc /3a9 ttoctI 570 
 
 KTjpv^ dvecTre rov OeXovr eyywpiodv 
 €? Balra '^wpelv. &)? B> eirXrjpcaOrj areyr], 
 <Tre(j)dvoL<TL Koafir}6evTe<^, ev6-)(6ov /Sopd'^ 
 ylrv')(r}V eirXrjpovv. &)? 8' dvelaav tjBovtJv, 
 evdv<; TrapeXOoiv iTpea^v<; e? fieaov irehov 575 
 
 ecTTij, <yeX(i)v B' eOrjKe avvBeLirvoi'^ nroXvv, 
 7rp6du/ia Trpdacrcov ' eK re yap Kpcocracov vBcop 
 ')(epolv eTrefjiire VLirrpa, Ka^eOv/Jbia 
 a'fu,vpvr)<; IBpwra, ')(pv(je(ov r eKirwfjbdrcov 
 VPX' '^^'^09 avTo) rovBe irpoard^a'^ irovov. 580 
 
 eVet 8' €9 avXov<; rjKov €9 Kparripd re 
 KOLvov, yepcov eXe^\ ' d(f)ap7rd^eLU XP^^^ 
 ' olvrjpd rev-^V cr/^tfcpd, fieydXa 5' ea(f)epeiv, 
 * 0)9 Odaaov eXOcoa o'lB' €9 ')]Bovd<^ (ppevcov.^ 
 7Jv Brj (j)ep6vTC0v p^o^Oo'^ dpyvprjXdrov^ 585 
 
 C 
 
ION OF 
 
 yjpv<Tka<^ re (f)Ld\a<^ ' o Be Xa^cov e^aiperovy 
 
 ci)9 Tft) vew hrj BecTTTOTrj ')(apiv (pepcov, 
 
 eScoKe 7r\rjp6<; rev^o^, eh olvov ^dkcov 
 
 6 (jyacn Bovvai (fidp/juaKov Bpaarrjpiov 
 
 hecriroivav, &)? vrat? 6 veo^ eKXiiroi (^do<i ' 590 
 
 Kovoet^; rao rjoeiv ' ev ')^epotv e')(OVTL be 
 
 CTTTovBd'i fjuer^ dWcov iraLSl tw irecjirjvoTi 
 
 ^Xaa^rifjbiav tl^ oiKerow i(f)dey^aTo ' 
 
 B\ eb? ev LpM fjbdvTealv t' eaOXoh rpacfyeh, 
 
 olcovov eOeTo, Kuicekevcr dXkov veov 595 
 
 Kparrjpa TrXrjpovv ' Td<; Be irplv a7rovBa<; 6eov 
 
 BlBcocTL yata, iracTL r eKcnrevBecv Xeyet. 
 
 atyrj 8' virriXOev. e/c 8' eirifji'TrXafxev Bpocrov 
 
 KpaTrjpa<; ipov<;, ^v/SXivou re Trco/taro?. 
 
 Kav Ta>Be /jL6')(^0(p irrrivo'^ iaTTLTrreL B6/jLol<; 600 
 
 K(OfJbo<; ireXeiwv ' Ao^iov yap ev B6/jiot<i 
 
 drpea-ra vaiova. co? 8' direcnreLaav /juedv, 
 
 eh avTo ^(eLXri^ Trco/xaro? Ke')(^p7]fjbevai., 
 
 Ka6r]Kav, elXKOV 8' evirrepovs eh at'^eVa?. 
 
 Kal rah fJ^ev dXXai<; dvoao^ yv Xot^t] Oeov ' 605 
 
 7] e^er evu o kulvo^ eaTreicrev yovo-;, 
 
 TTOTOv T eyevaar , evdv<^ evirrepov 5fc'/xa<? 
 
 eaeiae, Kd^dfC')(^euaev, e/c 8' eKXay^ oira 
 
 a^vverov aiaQova eua/jupijaev oe 7ra<^ 
 
 OoLvaropcov oyLttXo? 6pvi6o<i ttovov*; ' 610 
 
 6vi)(TKet, 8' diraairaipovaa, (poLviKoaKeXeh 
 
 ')^7]Xa<; irapelacu yvfxva 8' e/c ttcttXcov /jieXrj 
 
 inrep Tpa7r6^7]<; 'qy^ o fiavrevTO'^ yoro?, 
 
EUBIFIDES. 
 
 ^oa he, * r/^ /u-' e/ieWev avOpcoTroyT Krefecv, 
 
 ' ai^jJiaLve, Trpea^v ' crrj yap rj TrpoOv/j-la, 615 
 
 ' Kal TTCofjLa %fi/30? aP]<; iSe^d/jLrjv '^dpa.' 
 
 6v6v<^ 3' epevva ypalav coXevrjv Xa/Soov, 
 
 eV avTO(l)cop(p irpea^vv &)? e')^ov6 eXoi. 
 
 a)(f>Ori Be Kal Karelir dvayKaa6eL<; fj.oyi<; 
 
 ToXyaa? KpeovcTT]'^ Trwyaaro? re fir}-)^avd'^. G20 
 
 ^et 8' €v6v<^ e^o) avXXa/Scou OoLvdropa^; 
 
 6 TTf ^o^pr^crro? Ao^/ol' veavia<i, 
 
 Kuv Koipdvoicn Jlv6iK0L<; aTa6eL<; Xeyei, 
 
 ' 0) yala aefjbviy rij^; 'Epe;)^^ect)9 vtto 
 
 ' ^cV?;? yvvaoKo^ (^apfxaKOLcn OvrjaKO/jbev.^ 625 
 
 AeXcf)(t)v S' dvaKTe<; copiaav irerpoppLc^rj 
 
 Oavelv ifMTjv BeaTTOivav ov '>^](j)w /jllo,, 
 
 Tov Ipov CO? KTelvova-av ev t dvaKTopoi'^ 
 
 (f)6vov TiOelcrav. irdcra Be ^rjret 7roXi<; 
 
 rrjv d0Xi€O<^ airevaaaav d&Xiav oBov ' 630 
 
 TTaiBwv yap iXOova eh epov ^ol(3ov irdpa, 
 
 TO aoofia KOLvfj rot? reKV0L<; dircoXecrev. [Kcit] 
 
 \_Chorus stand horror-stricken: suddenly a tumult is he trd : 
 Creusa rushes on the stage and clings to the altir oj 
 Apollo. Ion comes in search of her'] 
 
 c 2 
 
ION OF 
 
 SCENE V. 
 
 THE RECOG2ilTrON. 
 
 Creuha, her hair dishevelled^ in agony^ clinging to the altar of 
 Apollo, Ion is just about to ivrench her away and carry her 
 off for execution, when enter from the inner shrine the priestess. 
 She carries something concealed in her robe, and keeps her hand 
 beneath its folds. She speaks at once to Ion in a decisive tone 
 of authority. 
 
 TIT' eirLa')(e<;, o) Trot' Tpliroha 'yap ')^pr)(TT^pi,ov 
 XiTTovcra, Opcy/cov rovS' virep^aXkw vroBa 
 ^ol/3ov 7rpo(prJTL<^y rpiiroSo^ ap-)(alov vojjlov 635 
 
 crco^ovcra, iraawv A6X(f)lScov i^aipeTO<^. 
 
 in. [instantly stoppnng, and bowing'] 
 
 Xcup ■> 0) (piXr] /jlol fjbTjrep, ov reKovcrd irep. 
 
 TIT. aXh! ovv XeyojJbeOd 7' " 7) cf)dTL<; 8' ov fxoL TrcKpd. 
 
 in. rjicovaa^i w? fjJ eKreivev rjhe fjLr)^aval<; ; 
 
 TIT. rjKOvcra ' kol av 7' 00/^09 (ov dfxapTdv€L<;, 640 
 
 in. [surprif^ed] 
 
 ov ')(^prj pie Tou? icTeivovra<^ dvraTroWvvaL ; 
 
 TIT. 7rpoy6voi<; hdfJiapTe^; hva puevel^; del irore. 
 
 in. y/jueh 3£ /jLr}TpvLaL<; ye 'Kda-)(ov7e<; KaKco<;. 
 
 TIT. /jit] ravra' XeiTrcov Ipd koI <JTeL')(wv irdrpav 
 
 in. Ti S;; pie Bpdaat vovOerovpbevov y^pediv ; 64. > 
 
 TIT. Ka6apo<^ 'A6)']va<^ e\0' vir oIwvmv KaXcov. 
 
 in. Kadapo<; dira<i tol TToXefilov^ 09 di/ Krdprj. 
 
 TIT. p.)) av ye ' irap' i)piOiv 8' eKXa/3' ou? e)(^co Xoyovs. 
 
EURIPIDES, 
 
 \ in. [giving way] 
 
 XeyoL^; av ' evvov^ 5' ova ipel<; 6a av \€yr]<;. 
 I FIT. [producing from beneath her robe a casktt urtathed with 
 j leaves and luool] 
 
 6pa<; Toh^ dyyo<; %epo? vTrayKoXLa/ju i/JLrj<^ ; 650 
 
 i Ifl. 6p6) Trakaiav avTLirrjy ev aTepfiaaiv. 
 ! HT. ev rfjhe a* eXa/Sov veoyovov jSpecpo^ ttotL 
 i Ifl. TL <^rj<; ; 6 piv6o<^ elaevi]v6KTai veo<^. 
 TIT. acyy yap el-^^ov avrd, vvv he BeUvvfiev. 
 Ifl. 770)9 ovv €Kpv7rTe<; Tore Xa^ova' rj/jid<i irakai ; 655 
 ITT. 6 ^eo? cr' e^ovker ev S6p.oL<; e')(eiv Xdrpcv. 
 [ Ifl. vvv 8' ov')(l XPV^^^ > "^^ Tohe yvcdvai [le ^pi'i ; 
 TIT. nrarepa KarecTrcbv rrjaSe a* eKirepbireL ')(6ov6'^. 
 Ifl. av 8' e'/c KeXeva/jLCov, rj iroOev, aco^ec^i rdhe ; 
 TIT. ivOvfjLLov fioL Tore TiOrjaL Ao^ia^ 660 
 
 Ifl. [interrupting'] 
 
 TL ')(pfjp,a BpdaaCf Xeye, irepaive aov<; X6yov<i. 
 TIT. awaai roS' evprj/M e? rov ovra vvv ')(p6vov. 
 Ifl. e-)(eL he jjlol tl Kepho<; rj rlva ^Xd/3r]v ; 
 TIT. evOdhe Ke/cpvirrat airdpyav oh evrjada av. 
 Ifl. [eagerly] ix7}Tpo<; rdh^ tj/jlIv eK(f)epei(; ^Tjnjfiara. QG5 
 TIT. eVet 7' halp^wv ^ovXerac, Trdpocde §' ov. 
 Ifl. [in ddight] o) p,aKapiwv pLOi (fyaap-drcov i]h^ 77/xepa. 
 n T. [giving it him] 
 
 Xal3d)v vvv avia rrjv reKovaav eKirovei. 
 irdaav h' eireXOoiv ^Aacdh' ^vpcoirrj^; 6^ opov^ 
 yvcoaei raS' avro'^. tov Oeov S' eKari ae 670 
 
 eope-^^a r , co irac, Kat rao aTrooioco/jLL aoi. 
 
ION OF 
 
 jjSet, Se dvrjTOjv ourt^ dvOpcoTrcoi/ rdSe 
 
 €yovTa<^ r)/jLd<;, oi'S' tV yu KCKpyfjifxeva. 
 
 \_fondly^ with t€ari\ 
 
 Kai XCiip ' Xaov ^ydp a &)? reKova dcnrdtofiat. 
 
 dp^ao S' 66ev crhv fiifrepa ^rjTetv ere ^/a>} * 675 
 
 irpoiTov fiev ec Tt9 A.€\(})lScov reKovad cre 
 
 69 Tovahe vaov<; i^edrjKe TrapOevo^, 
 
 diravra ^oijBov ^\ 09 fMereo-'^^e Tr]<; rvyv^' 
 
 [Exit into the shrine] 
 in. [stdnds silent, and in tears for a while ; then] 
 
 (f)€v (jyev ' Kar oaawv d><; {r/pov ^dWco BdKpv, 680 
 
 i/celae rov vovv Sov<; 66' r) reKovad fjue, 
 
 Kpvcpala vv/ji(f>€v6eL(T dirrjfiTroXa \ddpa^ 
 
 Kal fjLacTTov ovfc eire<j')(ev ' dX)C dvaovvfjuo'^ 
 
 iv 6eov fMeXdOpot^; el-)(ov olKerrfv ^lov. 
 
 rd Tov 6eov fiev 'x^prjcrTd, rod he SaL/iiovo<^ 685 
 
 ^apea ' ')(^p6vov yap 6u p^ ixPV^ ^^ dyKdXaL<; 
 
 /jLTjrpo^ Tpvcf))]aaL Kai ri repcpOijpaL ^lov, 
 
 direarepi'^Oriv (f)i\TdT7]<; /jLr)Tpo<; Tpo(pr]<;. 
 
 t\i)ijl(j)u he XV TeKovad p!, 0)9 rainov 7rd6o<i 
 
 'jreTTovde, 7ratSo9 diroXeaaaa ')(appiovd<;, 690 
 
 [looking at the casket] 
 
 Kal vvv \a^(ov t))vB^ dvTL7n]y olcrco Oeco 
 
 dpd6rip,\ 'lv evpco p,rjhev mv ov ^oiiXofxaL. 
 
 el ydp /jbe BouXi] rvyxdvei reKovcrd Ti9, 
 
 evpelv KdKLov jurjTep' i) aiywvr edv^ 
 
 [holding up the casket to the altar] 
 
EURIPIDES. 
 
 ft) ^ol^e, vaoU avarlOrifJLL rrjvSe aoh. 695 
 
 [Jie stops suddenly short and reflectsl 
 
 Kalrob TL nTda')(w ; tov 6eou irpoOvfJuia 
 
 TToXefiw, ra /uLTjTpo'^ avfi^oX^ 09 7' eccoae fxoi ; 
 
 avoLKTeov Ta8' eVrl koL To\fi7]reov. 
 
 ra yap Trerrpw/jbiv ou8' vTrep^atrjv ttot av. 
 
 \take8 up the casket again and gazes at it] 
 
 S) orefJifiaO' ipa, rl irore /jlol KeKevOare, 700 
 
 [^fingering the clasp'] 
 
 fcal <TvvZe6\ olcTL rapu e(^povpr}6r] <^l\a ; 
 
 [takes off the wool and chaplets and admires the casket's 
 hrilliance] 
 
 IBov TrepiTrriry/jL avTi7T7)<yo<; evKVKXov 
 
 ft)? ov yeyrjpaK e/c ti,vo<; OerjXdrov, 
 
 evpo)'^ T aTTean TrXey/JLarcov ' 6 B^ iv fxeacp 
 
 ')(p6vo^ 7ro\v<^ Br} roiaSe Oijcravplcr/jLaa lv. 705 
 
 KP. \_w?io has been loatching him with growing astonishment and 
 curiosity] 
 
 TL BrjTa (f)d(T/jLa rcov dveXTrlarcov opcb ; 
 112. [stei^nly] crlya av ' TToWd kol irdpoiOev olaOd /juoi. 
 KP. ovK iv cTiWTrfi rd/jbd ' firj jxe vovOerei. 
 
 opo) yap dyyo<; ov ^^eOrjK iyd> irore 
 
 ae y w ri/cvov jjlol /3pe(j)o<; er ovra vrjinov. 710 
 
 {starts up] Xen/ro) he jSco/jLov rovBe^ Kel davelv fie XP^'l- 
 in. \to the slaves] Xd^vcrOe rijvBe ' 6eo/jLavr)<; yap ijXaro 
 
 jScofiov Xiirovaa ^oava ' Belre 8' a)Xeva<;. 
 
 [Crecsa clasps the casket and embraces Ton] 
 KP. cr<j)d^ovTe<i ov Xrjyoi,T av ' ft)9 dv6e^o/jLai 
 
ION OF 
 
 KCLL TTjahe Kol (TOV TOdV T ecTco KeKpvfXfjbevwv. 715 
 in, rdB' ov'y^L heivd ; pvaid^o/jiat Xoyw. [protesting] 
 KP, [passionately] 
 
 ovK, aXXa aoL<; (plXocaiv evpiaKeu (f)IXo<;. 
 in. [in indignant irony] 
 
 eyco (j)i\o^ £709 j /card jjb eKTeive^ \d6pa. 
 KP. 7rat9 7', el roB' earl T0i9 reKOvcn (jiiKrarov, 
 in, [sternly] 
 
 Travcrac irXeKovaa * XT^-^jro/xai a iyo) KaXM<;. 720 
 
 KP. €9 T0v6' IK0L/jL7}V, TOvBe T0^€VCO, T6KV0V. 
 
 in. Kevov t68' dyyo<;, t] areyet ifki^pwfxd ri ; 
 
 KP. ad y ivSv6\ olcrl a e^kdiqK lyoa iroTe. 
 
 in. KOL tovvo/jU avTMv 6^6^669, iTplv elcrtSeiv ; 
 
 KP. fcdv fiT) (f)pdcr(o ye, KarOavelv ix^laTafxaL. 725 
 
 in. [startled] \ey. ft)9 e^et rt Secvov rj ToXfxrj ye aov. 
 
 KP. aKe^\raad^ o ttol^; ttot ova £/^ao"yLt' v<f)7jv ey(o, 
 
 in. [with slight scorn] 
 
 TTOIOV TL ; TToXXd TTapOeVCOV V(pd(7/jLaTa, 
 
 KP. ov reXeov, olov 5' eKSlSayfia /cep/c/809. 
 
 in. fiopcjirjP e^ov rlv ; W9 fie firj ravrrj Xd/Sj}^, 730 
 
 KP. Topyo) fJLev ev fiecrocaiv r}TpLOi<^ ireirXwv. 
 
 in. [in wonder] S) Zev, Tt9 rj/jbd^; iKKVprjyerel 7r6T/j,o<; ; 
 
 KP. Kei^pacnrehayraL S' oc^eaiv alyiho<i rpoirov. 
 
 in. IBov. [pidls out the luoven emhroiderij and shows it her] 
 
 ToS' ead^ v(f)acr/jLa Becr/xd 6\ ft)9 evpicTKOfieV' 
 
 KP. cu ')(^p6vL0V larov TrapOevev/ndrcov ijJLoyv. 735 
 
 in. eartv tl 7rpo<s tcoS', i) fiovw rcoh evrv')(el<i ; 
 
 KP. hpdicovTe pLapfxaipoure iray^^xxK^ ykvvi. 
 
EURIPIDES, 
 
 in. [more and more excited] 
 
 eveidiv o'lhe ' to 8e rplrov ttoOco fiaOetv, 
 KP. arecpavov iXaia<; d/jL(f)edr}Kd croc Tore, 
 
 f]v TrpcoT ^AOdva aKoirekov elcrrjveyKaro. 740 
 
 09, eiirep eariv, ovttot eKXeLirei ')(X67]v, 
 
 ddWet 8' iXala'^ e^ dKrjpdrov yeyco'^. 
 Ifl. [putting down the casket, and rushing to his mother^ 
 
 0) ^ikrdrri fxoi [ir}Tep^ dafjuevo^ <j IBoov 
 
 7rpo9 dafjueva^ ireirrwKa ad'^ iraprjiBa^;. 
 
 [they embrace luith tears'] 
 KP. w reKVOV, oj ^w? fjirjrpl Kpelcraov rjXioVf 745 
 
 axrfyvdxjeTai yap o 6e6^, ev '^^epolv a e')((D, 
 
ION OF 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 SCENE 1. 
 
 1. Sense, * Tbou art noble, and this thy mien is a tolven of thy 
 character.' (Tyr]\i-a is the general external appearance, gait as 
 well as dress. yevvaioTtjs aoi is the MS. reading, and is awk- 
 ward ; but the pro[iosed corrections are unsatisfactory. 
 
 2. rjris ei ttot'. Notice the irony of these words in the mouth of 
 
 her son. 
 
 3. a)s TO. TToWd, ' for the most part.' 
 
 7. Ao|tay, name of Apollo. Derivation doubtful. Perhaps from 
 
 Xo^os, ' crooked,' from the obscure oracles. 
 9. ov, * where.' yvaXa, ' vales ' of Delphi. 
 
 11. TO (Tov, as often in poetry for av. 'Thou art not ill-nurtured, 
 thus to wonder,' &c., i.e. *thy inquiry is kind.' 
 
 15 'Though I myself am here, I had my mind at home.' The sight 
 of Apollo's temple brings back the recollection of her early 
 tragic history : she thinks of the son she bore to Apollo, who 
 was now lost. Apollo brought the whole misery on her ; for 
 she exposed her son for fear of her parents. This is the ddiKia 
 of which she complains in line 18. 
 
 17. TTot diKrjv dvoiaofiev; lit. 'whither, to what source shall we 
 refer ? ' i. e. ' where shall we look for justice ?' 
 
 19. ri xPW^> 'why?' ducpfvvTiTa, 'what may not be enquired 
 into,' ' secret.' It is used adverbially. 
 
 20. f.LfdriKa Tv^a, ' I slack my bow.' She utters the complaint 
 (16-18), and then no move [Innnodiate aorist, see 56.] 
 
 29. 'As mortals tell.' The dative is regularly used (instead of the 
 gen, with vno) for the agent after the perf. pass. The reason is, 
 
EURIPIDES. 
 
 that the perfect suggests so much more the effect reTnaining 
 (for the person) than the act done (by the person) that the 
 Recipient Dative is the most natural case to use. 
 
 31. npoyovos. Erichthonius, father of Pandion, father of Erech- 
 theus, sprang from the earth. Athena, though a virgin, reared 
 him as his mother. 
 
 33. e^aveiXero, 'raised him' from the earth, by the act recognising 
 him as her son. [The father did this, according to both Greek 
 and Eonian custom, as a sign that he recognised the child. 
 * Tollere, snscipere,' in Latin, express this same act.] 
 
 35. voiML^crai ' is usuaL' The story to which he refers, as a common 
 
 subject for pictures, was this. Athena put the child in a chest, 
 with golden snakes round its neck, and gave it so hidden {ovx 
 6pOi>fievov) to the daughters of Cecrops to keep. They opened 
 the chest, in disobedience to Athena's orders ; and for this they 
 were driven mad, and threw themselves down the rocks of the 
 Acropolis. This explains vv. 37-38. 
 
 36. This ye is best rendered ' yes.' The explanation is this : the 
 assent to the question is implied, and the ye limits, or further 
 specifies that assent. 
 
 40. ov Kaixvco axoXj] seems to mean ' I am not weary, I am free.' 
 Lit. ' I am unwearied with leisure.' 
 
 4L The story is this. In a war between Eleusinians and Athenians, 
 the oracle promised success to the latter, if Erechtheus sacrificed 
 a daughter. He chose one, and the others elected to die with 
 her. Erechtheus himself was killed (v. 46) by Poseidon's trident. 
 
 48. The cave of Trophonius was at Lebadeia, in Boeotia. After due 
 rites and sacrifices, the visitor was let down at night into a 
 narrow chasm in the rock, where he saw his vision. 
 
 52. exovT is dual. 
 
 54. Notice the double meaning. Creusa is referring to her child and 
 its fate, known to Phoebus. Ion understands, of course, merely 
 
ION OF 
 
 that ' the god knows that she is childless,' as he knows every- 
 thing. 
 
 56. aX^ia-a, * I count happy.' This is the immediate aorist. The 
 feeling is sjfoken of as past, though it onl^^ instantly precedes 
 the statement of it. 
 
 58. dvadrjua, * an offering,' i.e. 'devoted b}^ the city to the service.' 
 
 62. The open vaol are opposed to the covered dwelling. 
 
 63. ' The god's whole temple is mine.' Iva, * where,' its proper meaning. 
 
 68. i.e. 'others have their sorrows as well as I.' 
 
 69. The ^oi^ov 7rpo(f)rjTis, logically the antecedent to fj, is absorbed 
 (as often happens) into the relative clause ; cf. ' Urbem quam 
 istatuo, vestra est.' — Virgil, 
 
 &Sj accented, because it follows its own word fxr^Tepa. 
 
 71. 0ep/3aj, 'to feed:' he lived on the meat of the altar, ovmoav 
 
 = 6 imcov. 
 
 72. Notice the irony of tJtis. Cf. 2. 
 
 73. ddUrjfia 'some woman's wrong,' i,e. 'wrong done to her,' of 
 which her son's birth was the first. 
 
 76. ij^as, from di(ra(o. 
 
 78. (Tji firjrpi, dat. after ravrd. 
 
 79. TToj/ou, the partitive or comprehensive genitive, ' in my trouble.' 
 
 80. ovucKa, prop, ' wherefore,' is strangely used in poetry for evcKa. 
 Some always alter into etvcKa. 
 
 83. Conditional, as mild imperative. So we say ' You may go, as 
 
 polite form of * go.' 
 85. Toi apa. fj 6e6s . . . ' the goddess [Shame, atScos] hinders 
 
 all,' i. e. shame is a bar to any good being done ; toll your 
 
 grief and be cured. 
 89. *lt is some man's wrong [i.e. wrong done by him] (73) she is 
 
 ashamed to tell ' (and so refers it to the god). 
 91. Sense : ' What did she do to bo miserable, if she was so fortunate 
 as to be wedded to a god ? ' 
 
EURIPIDES. 
 
 93. Notice the irony. 
 
 94. fiavrevofiai * I consult an oracle,' natural sense of middle 
 voice ; but below, 109, ' to prophesy.' 
 
 96. eXniC^i 'supposes.' Cf. Androm. 720. The English 'expect' 
 is vulgarl}' so used of things not future, really being a forcible 
 short-cut, instead of ' J expect to find.' 
 
 100. TToXXd, * many times.' 
 
 101. dianpdaao) means 'to kill.' Literally it is 'to finish,' and is 
 an instance of that kind of understatement (/xetcocrty) which 
 instinctively is used in all languages when speaking of death, 
 or anything dreadful. Similarly in Latin 'confectus' is used. 
 
 103. 7rpos(pb6s ' in harmony with,' ' chimes in with.' 
 105. ' Do not urge me to laments.' For ye, cf. 35. 
 
 107. Kcifivei, lit. 'labours,' i.e. 'dost thou know the greatest diffi- 
 
 culty ? ' 
 
 108. Tt ovK = iravra. 
 
 110. KOLvov is predicate. The sense is : in his public capacity he must 
 give oracles, though for private reasons he may be unwilling. 
 
 113. No prophet could utter such an oracle : he would be afraid of 
 the god's wrath. [For Trpo^T/reuco see note on 151.] 
 
 115. deixiarevco, 'to declare the god's decree' {defiist lit. 'what is 
 laid down ' [^e ; ridijixij). 
 
 118. ToaovTov ajxa6'ias 'such folly,' as forcing the god to prophesy 
 against himself. 
 
 121. bC ol(ova>v irrepols, lit. 'by means of birds with their wings.' 
 
 122. av = a av. The subjunctive is indefinite ; in primary times 
 
 (TTre^Sco is 'to strive for.' 
 
 123. OVK ovra 'unreal.' This is the (tertiary) predicate: 'the good 
 we get is unreal.' The primary predicate is connected with 
 the subject only by copula, as : 'He is good.' This, when for 
 the copula is substituted a predicating verb, becomes secondary 
 predicate, as aya^oy rjXdev 6 dvrjp, 'the man came and was 
 
ION OF 
 
 good.' This, in the oblique case, becomes the tertiary, as 
 aya66v tov avBpa dneKTeiva. 
 
 125. /ca/cet Kdv6dd\ both when he deserted her, and now in refusing 
 an answer. 
 
 126. She keeps up the fiction about the absent woman, whose story 
 she tells. 
 
 135. diaKovovaa KpvTrrd (accus. cognate), ' by my secret service.' 
 npo^rj ' advance,' * grow.' e^eiXia-a-co [Ion. for e^eXiVcra)], lit. 
 * unroll,' i.e. 'teU.' 
 
 138. dyadai = al dyaOai. Eurip. seems here relenting from his 
 ordhiary hatred of women. 
 
 142. oppcodia, from same root as Lat. ' horror ' [' fear ']. 
 
 143. €s fjL€pip.uav * at a time of care,' like es Kaipov, es biov, &c, 
 
 145. 7rpoXap,^dveiv, ' to anticipate.' 
 
 146. 5' ovv, * but at any rate.' 
 
 148. et ydp, a broken conditional, equivalent to wish, as is possible 
 in all languages. 'If only we could come' . . . 
 
 149. crvfx^oXaia 'dealings,' a vague word, by winch Xuthus pro- 
 bably understands ' prayers,' and Oreusa refers to the birth of 
 the lost son. 
 
 150. fifraTreVot. Notice this use of /xfra in composition, implying 
 
 'change.' Other instances are fiera^dWa, fjie6iaT7]pi, meta- 
 morphosis. 
 
 151. 7r po(f)r]T€v(o. The 7rpo(f)riTr]s is he who 'speaks for' the god, 
 
 i.e. the exponent, interpreter, or mouthpiece of the oracle. 
 
 152. Ai)parently the outer prophet received the message from the 
 inner, who stood by the shrine. This latter oflice was confined 
 to the members of five noble Delphian families, called Caioi, 
 and he who officiated was selected by lot (154). 
 
 156. Notice the conditional, used (as often) instead of future. It 
 sounds more gentle. Similarly it is used (2nd person) for 
 imperative (83), 
 
EURIPIDES. 
 
 157. xpr]<Trr]piov, the victim ' necessary for obtaining an oracle. It 
 was a goat, ox, or sheep, and liad to be quite healthy. [It is 
 also taken * An oracle has fallen,' but this is less likely.] 
 
 159. aiVi'a, 'favourable.' Certain days in each month were set 
 apart for oracles. 
 
 161. kXcoj/, 'a branch' [kXgo), ' break ']. 
 
 164. dWa, ' at least.' The construction is elliptical. ' [If not before], 
 
 hutviow^ i.e. 'at least now.' So it is even possible to put 
 it after the word it emphasizes, as here, just as we do with 
 * at least.' See Hec. 391. 
 
 165. Sense, ' Perhaps he will be partly favourable, if not wholly ; 
 and from a god one must take gladly what he gives.' 
 
 169-170. Sense, ' either she on who/e behalf she asks is a fiiend, 
 
 or there is some secret behind./ T 
 
 O A .- OF 
 
 
 SCENE 2X:^JpQp^^'it^- -" 
 
 172. eu <l>p6v€i ' be calm.' This is a rebuke to the^iextfavagant and 
 excited demeanour of the stranger. Some constrae it ' be 
 happy,' but it could not be used in such an unusual sense 
 here, and in its common meaning 'to be sane' two lines 
 further. 
 
 174. efiTjve. The act. 'to madden' occurs only in this 1 aor. 
 
 177. pva-id^oi, prop. ' to seize as a pledge' (pvaiov), hence to ' seize 
 by violence.' 
 
 179. o)? TL df] [ye'vrjTai ;'], in order that what (may happen ?), i.e. 
 wdth what object, why ? So ha rl ; 
 
 If yvoopiaas (the MS. reading) is right, it must be in the very 
 unlikely sense of 'having found.' I have taken Heiinaun's 
 yvoipLcrov, ' recognise,' the right meaning. 
 
 180. (f)p€vovv, ' to teach.' 
 
 183. Tpexcjv 6 p.v6os, 'my tale ha its course,' if allowed to run on. 
 
ION OF 
 
 186. i. e. 1 have only your authority for it. 
 
 187. €(T(pci\r)s, lit. ' thou hast been deceived,' i.e. 'thou hast erred, 
 
 misinterpreted.' 
 191. 8a>pov, repeats Xu., but not in Ion's sense. He regards him as 
 
 a gift of Apollo, as he has been lost so long. 
 193. fjilav (rvxrjv), i.e. 'I am as surprised as you are.' 
 198, eiKos, here 'reasonable.' 
 201. dlyco. This subjunctive is used in deliberating with oneself, 
 
 and is hence called deliberative. 
 
 204. *When, then, shall I see.?' The apa and Kai mark the im' 
 
 patience. 
 
 205. TJTis el Tror', irony. Cf. line 2 . 
 
 206. ' and I can have no power ' (to see thee). 
 
 208. 6p6(i>s cKpave, * has brought it truly to pass.' The re is misr- 
 
 placed (as often). It should come, logically, after avvi]ylre. 
 210. dta(ra>, lit. 'to rush;' so here, * to be eager for.' 
 
 213. dovTcs, 'giving,' i.e. 'trusting.' 
 
 214. ddireba, 'plains.' 
 
 217. ovbe . . . ^iov^ ' Nor shalt thou be suffering one of the two 
 evils, ill-birth and poverty, but shalt be rich as thou art 
 noble.' The dvayevrjs nevrjs re (which logically are in- 
 correct) are suggested by the dvolv. He means to say : I have 
 proved you nobly born ; nor of the two evils (ill-birth and 
 poverty) shall you still suffer the remaining one, viz. poverty, 
 but shall be secured against both. But instead of saying 
 irevr]s only to explain Bdrepov, the word dvoiu tempts him to 
 say both bvayepfjs and nevrjs. 
 
 226. yiyvaa-KO), ' pondering.' The word properly describes the process 
 
 of 'arriving at a conclusion,' hence this is quite fairly one of 
 its meanings. 
 
 227. 'They say that the Athenians renowned as native to the soil 
 are, indeed, no foreign race.' This seems the best way to 
 
 ( 
 
EURIPIDES. 
 
 diminish the repetition, the sense being that the Athenian 
 repute (/cXfiwi?) is founded in fact. 
 
 eTT-els-aKTos, like en-aKTos («ya)) ' brought in,' i. e. * foreign.' 
 230. vodayevT]s {vodos) ' bastard-born.' 
 
 232. 6 fjLrjbev cjv. ovdev &v, 'being nothing.' /xrjbev oiv, or to 
 /ir/Sei/ wv, ' being [what is known as] nothing,' * being a mere 
 nothing,' 'being a cipher.' The distinction is very fine, but 
 is quite clear, though, of course, any case will admit of either 
 phrase being used. /te/cXT^o-o/xai, the perfect future, differs from 
 KXr}6r)(Tnfiai, the aorist future, exactly as the perfect differs 
 from the aorist. One is ' I shall be called ' [single act, aorist], 
 the other ' my name shall be ' [effect remaining, perfect]. 
 
 233. C^yov, prop. ' a yoke,' then ' a bench.' So here, by a metaphor 
 for ' rank.' The nautical metaphors were frequent in Greek. 
 
 234. Tis, as we say ' to be somebody.' 
 
 235. fU(rT)(r6fi€(T6a. The pure verbs prefer this form of the future 
 
 passive. 
 236 sqq. Sense, ' The clever but unambitious men will despise me 
 for taking so much useless trouble for such a precarious 
 reward.' 
 
 237. (TTTevdovcn, ' care.' 
 
 238. ' shall incur ridicule and the name of folly.' 
 
 239. yj/oyov rrXeq, ' full of slander ; ' and so a city where all repu- 
 
 tations are precarious, and it is best to keep quiet. MSS. read 
 (po^ov, which is possible, but unlikely ; in 261, \l/^6yos is cor- 
 rupted into yjrocpos. 
 
 240. CTTT/Xv?, ' a stranger ' (lit. ' a visitor,' rjXvb-. Cf. eXrjXvOa). 
 
 241. cos, ' to,' used (nearly) always of persons. 
 
 242. dTToXaxovcra, ' having lost her share ' seems the best meaning, 
 dno having the privative sense, as in aTrorvyxdvco, aTro/xj/v/xt, 
 
 077617701/, &C. 
 
 246. 'looks bitterly on thy loved one,' i.e. the new son. 
 
 247. KQT = KoL elra. ^X^nrjs, governed by orav. 
 
 D 
 
ION OF 
 
 248. (svyxia^ '^XD^' This use of ex^ ^^' ^^^'' P^rt., almost like an 
 
 auxiliary verb, is common in poetry; 'or honour me to the 
 
 confusion of thy house.' 
 252. Sense, * Royalty is fine to see, but it is a painful life to live.' 
 255. ' looking aside for violence,' a picturesque metaphor, illustrated 
 
 by the much commoner one contained in the word * suspicion.' 
 258. w . . . TjSouv, * whose pleasure is.' 
 261. Sense, ' I don't care for wealth, to guard which one must incur 
 
 toil and odium.' 
 266. o^Xoi/ re fierptov, 'and slight trouble.' 
 
 268. xo^^^'Tct, ace. with inf. e'Ueiv after kcIvo. x'^^'^^t lit- ' to 
 slacken,' so ' to retire.' 
 
 269. rj, Attic for rjv. The sense is, ' I took part in the service of 
 
 gods and the talk of men, and always saw happiness, not 
 mourning, round me.' For Apollo was the god of brightness, 
 and it was ill-omened to approach his shrine with gloomy 
 looks. Cf. line 10. 
 
 273. Kav uKova-Lv ^, 'even if it come without their will,' i.e. by 
 nature. 
 
 274. dUatov elvai fi. This accus. infin. is the object of irapeix^ 
 (procured for the god that,' &c.), and is also the antecedent to o. 
 
 277. MSS. read here ea S' e/xaurai ^ijj/, a rather unlikely way of 
 
 putting it, and requiring /x' inserted after ^rjv. The text read- 
 ing is Badham's, and is really a slighter alteration, with just 
 the sense required. 
 
 278. Sense, ' The joy of wealth is not happier than humble content.' 
 
 279. (vrvx^^i-v 5' iiriaraao, lit. 'learn how to be happy,' i.e. 'learn 
 
 what your true happiness is.' 
 
 280. (ip^aa-Oui, ' to begin ' my new happier life, nfo-oiv means * re- 
 
 clining,' ' bitting down to.' 
 282. np\v is an adverb. yeviOXta was the thank-offering for the 
 birth, usually offered on the eighth day. 
 
EURIPIDES. 
 
 285. 8ridev, used ironically like 'scilicet.' dearfju brjBeu, 'a visitor, 
 you know,' ' acting the part of a visitor,' * a supposed visitor,' 
 it is only a strong 8t] \vliich is used precisely in the same way. 
 Cf. 283. 
 
 291. a8vTov, 'the unapproachable' [sanctuary] (d-bvo3, 'to enter,' 
 it is supposed). 
 
 295. Xe'-yo) (Tiyav [' I bid you be silent '], 77 (Xeyco) ddvarov [' or 
 1 threaten death to ']. A use of Xeyco with two constructions, 
 called zeugma. 
 
 297. oTeixoifi' av. Cf. 156 note. 
 
 301. napp-qa-ia, ' free speech ' [jrapd, * in presence of,' pr)- ' speak ' 
 
 as in pripa] was the great boast of Athens. 
 
 302. Ka6apdv, 'pure' where there was no admixture of foreigners 
 among the governing classes. Euripides objected to this. 
 
 304. dovXou, tertiary predicate, 123. 
 
 SCENE 3. 
 
 309. €s, 'about.' 
 
 311. The order of the words is ei 6e tl KaKov TvyxdvoL, (6 pfj ye'v- 
 oiTo). yivoLTo is, of course, simple optative. The prayer 6 /xr 
 yivoiTo is added from an instinctive dislike, felt strongly by 
 the superstitious Greeks, to mentioning calamity, even as a 
 possibility ; and the same instinct makes her put the prayer 
 even before the mention of the calamity. 
 
 314. (Seo-TTotv' oycra), ' though I am your mistress, (o/iwy) never- 
 theless.' TTorpos is governed by avri, ' tend you like a father.' 
 
 316. KaTaicrxyvaa ex^is", 248. 
 
 317. The MSS. read here rovs crovs TraXaiovs e<y6vovs avTox&ovas. 
 
 Some coiTection is needed, as eKyovovs means ' descendants,' and 
 not * ancestors.' Bothe suggests tov aov n. e'jc ycvovs a. But it 
 is more probable that Euripides wrote some other word in place 
 of (Kyovovs. I have ventured to write eyyevels, ' kinsmen.' 
 
ION OF 
 
 320. <TVViKT:ovov(Ta KoAoVf ' helping my limbs.' yrjpas is governed 
 
 by larpos. 
 323. kpelbovy Mean,' lit. 'be supported.' nepicfiepri (ttL^ov (accus. 
 
 of motion over a place, like nrjdoivTa Tre'Sia, Aj. 30), 'over 
 
 the winding path.' 
 
 324 Toiro, ' the stick.' 
 
 325 Trapes. p.rj, prohibitive, does not go with aor. imperative, 
 
 though it does with present. So the subjunctive is used 
 
 instead. The reason is, that the polite instinct recoils from 
 
 a direct forbidding of one definite act ; whereas when we use 
 
 the present, which is more extended, the prohibition is not so 
 
 peremptory. 
 
 fir} Trapes kottco, ' don't drop it from weariness.' 
 
 326. Tov dnovTos ov KparS), * I am not master of what I haven't 
 
 got,' i. e. ' strength.' 
 
 327. t<TTos, 'loom;' KepKis, 'shuttle.' 
 329. iraiboiv, governed by rvxqv. 
 
 335. i/ocrw, ' suffer,' as frequently. 
 
 336. QavaTos hv Kelrat nepi, * where death is the penalty,' v. 296. 
 339. ex^is, ' thou knowest.' 
 
 342. p-aaros, ' breast.' 
 
 344. Notice the change of metre, to suit the excitement. 
 
 345. p.oiy dat. of person affected by the whole sentence (ethic), 
 
 ' what news I pray ?' see 707. 
 352. eKTf\T]9, lit. ' complete,' so * full grown.' 
 356. crvOfU, ' hastening.' aevay, prop. * to ])ut in quick motion ' 
 
 [optat. indef.J, 
 
 358. XP<^^* * to announce by oracle.' Notice the double question. 
 
 359. ra\aivT]s {_crov^. 
 361. o-ai'po), 'to sweep.' 
 
 363. i.e. from iwi/, 'going.' The derivations of the ancients who 
 knew only one language, and nothing of the history even of 
 that, are outrageous! v wild. Cf. 291. 
 
EURIPIDES, 
 
 370. ^iefir]xavr)fi€v<os v^piCofiea-Ba, ' we suffer violence deliberately 
 
 plauued.' 
 373. eV-eif-, with the usual notion of 'intruding.' 
 377. crrepyoi, as often, ' to bear.' 
 380. e^evcofxevov [lei/o'co], ' sent to a foreign land.' 
 382. ("(pcTos, an exquisitely appropriate metaphor, as its strict use 
 
 is of sacred animals, 'let loose' (atpir^fii) over pastures. 
 
 Notice historic Xddoi after historic present Traibeverai. 
 
 387. dvecpepe, 'refer,' i.e. ' lay the blame.' Cf. 17. 
 
 Notice the peculiar imperfect, not of what he did, but of 
 what he plotted to do. 
 
 388. AVe must read Xadav for M!SS. IkBdov with Musgrave. 
 dfj-vveaOai, ' to repay ' him for his long-delayed recognition. 
 
 390. Badham excellently reads kolvoI for Kaivou. {dvd ' to suit.') 
 
 391. d^iBev, 285. 
 
 393. dvapidixTjTov, exactly the English, ' of no account.' 
 
 398. Tcov Ato'Xov, i.e. 'one of his own kin [Aeolus was his brother] 
 
 and not a noble Erechtheid like yourself.' 
 405. ' to live or die, if so I but pay back my mi.stress for her care.' 
 
 T€ . . T€ . . Even in alternatives, the Greeks prefer the 
 
 copulative form 'and' to disjunctive 'or.' Thus they say 
 
 fjLiKpov Koi ovbev, dixo Ka\ rpety. 
 
 409. f], indef. subj.; in poetry without av. 
 
 410. epTripLTrXafiai, ' satiated.' 
 
 414. oUa, w. inf. ' to know how,' 279. 
 
 415. 'the rocks of Cecrops' are Athens, of course. 
 418. aTravrdo), ' to meet ' [dirt]. 
 
 420. eKKXeTTTco, ' to hide.' 
 
 429. opc^vT], ' dark ' [epf/S-] (nrapyavoco, ' to \vrap,' ' swathe.' 
 
 431. ' ni}' sorrows only, and my secrecy know of it,' i. e. ' no one ; 
 
 I, did it alone in my agony.' 
 436. ncaelv, ' to lie.' 
 
ION OF 
 
 437. namely, ' my bosom.' 
 
 439. o)?, not uncommon w. ace. part., where the idea of * thin'king 
 
 is easily supplied. 
 444. avTkx<^\i.^6a^ 'cling to,' with gen., expressing a vaguer and 
 
 more partial connection than e'xf'i' with ace. This subj. ia 
 
 used for imper., and is called hortative. 
 449. ahy]v, 'enough.' 
 452. aiCka, 164. eVi o-ot, idea of hostility or usurpation, 'to vex 
 
 thee.' 
 454. oTrciovaff, 'servants.' 
 
 459. KCLi fxrjv, introducing new idea or subject. ' Well, then.' 
 461. Alluding to the famous revolt of earthborn giants against Zeus. 
 
 Eurip. makes the scene to be the well named Phlegra [<^Xeyco, 
 
 fla-mma], or volcanic plain of S. Italy. 
 467. ex^iv, or. obliq. after fivdos. 
 409. 86pv, ' the battle.' ijxeev, Pallas. 
 471. The best correction of a harsh line. ^ ov, one syll. tl S' oi 
 
 fxeXXeLs; 'why are you not likely?' i.e. 'of course you 
 
 do.' 
 474. (xeXkov enos, ' a pregnant word,' of which something startling 
 
 will come. 
 478. o-Mfxaros, gen. of attachment, ' to his body.' Cf. 444, which 
 
 gen. resembles this. 
 
 486. Tovjxov, ' my scheme,' viz. 448, 450. 
 
 487. v(Popdoixai, 'susi)ect,' 'mislike.' 
 
 488. b6^€is, ' Shalt be thought.' 
 
 489. fxr)Tpvidf 'stepmother.' 
 
 491. i.e. 'certainly I get my pleasure sooner.' 
 
 493. Greeks can use imperative subordinate ; v/e can't, and say . . . 
 * what you must do,' 
 
 494. opyavou [fpy-] ' implement.' 
 501. Xaipos, ' throat.' 
 
EURIPIDES. 
 
 503. irpo^evoov, * the entertainers' who took Id the visitors tc 
 Delphi. 
 
 SCENE 4. 
 
 514. ^r/rwi/ e^enXrja-a, ' I have sought her diligently.' 
 
 517. apxai, as we say, ' the authorities ' (clttix- = al emx-)' 
 
 521. eyvas, 'thou hast guessed it,' the aorist of immediate pastness, 
 
 56. 
 526 sq. ' it is better to know the worst.' 
 530. ottXi^oj, by natural metaphor, ' to prepare.' 
 
 532. On the two peaks of Parnassus it was said the dancing lights 
 were seen of Dionysus' revels. Cf. Bacchae, 306. 
 
 533. oTTTTjpia, [cf. ^evia, rpocfieTa, &c.] prop, presents made by bride- 
 groom for the sight of the bride; so here by natural and 
 picturesque metaphor for Xuthus' thank-offering for recovery 
 of his son. Translate ' for having found his son.' 
 
 534. dp(f)T]pr]s (dp- ' fit ') ' fastened all round.' 
 539. 'the stoneless circuit of the sacred tent.* 
 
 543. evycovla [ycoi/ia 'corner'] 'a perfect square;' the plethrum was 
 
 101 feet. 
 
 544. KaXcov, fut. 
 
 545. Orjaavpos ' treasury ' [deriv. uncertain, prob. 6e- ' put ']. 
 
 550. This false concord is probably due to a slight pause after the 
 
 verb, for it only occurs where the verb comes first: Trach. 
 
 520, Bacch. 1350, Hel. 1358, Pers. 49. 
 554. uaeipcoTos [cretpa, 'trace'] 'without a trace-horse,' i.e. with 
 
 only a pair. 
 558. ovpaia [ovpa], ' its tail-stars.' 
 560. dixTjPVs [Si'xa- ap-'], 'dividing,' as the new moon begins the 
 
 month. 
 565-6. These two lines allude to Hercules' labours in the following 
 
ION OF 
 
 order : — Centaurs ; horses of Diomed : brazen- footed stag ; 
 
 Nemean lion. 
 571. rov deKovra, ' any one who wished.' 
 573. evoxOos, obscure word, probably from ex^^ — ' rich.' 
 577. KpaxTo-os, ' pitcher.' irpoOvfxa npaaa-aiv, * with needless zeal.' 
 
 579. (Tfj-vpvijs Idpara, ' the sweat of myrrh,' a good phrase for the 
 
 oozy gum of the myrrh-tree. 
 
 580. rjpx€, probably in technical religious sense (in which the active 
 
 voice is possible) ' made libations,' lit. ' began ' the ceremony. 
 
 581. The 'flutes and bowl' are, of course, after the banquet. 
 
 592. (TTTovbas, ' the libations,' ready to pour. 
 
 593. ^Xaa-cpTjpiav, ' an ill-omened word.' 
 595. olcovov Wero, * counted it an omen.' 
 
 598. €K d\ the prep, belongs to the verb, e^eniixTrXafievy this separa- 
 
 tion being called tmesis. So 608. 
 
 599. The wine of Byblus (uncertain where) was famous. 
 
 601. K(op.os, 'a troop,' lit. of revellers. 
 
 602. aTpcara, adv. [rpeo)], 'fearlessly,' i.e. 'unmolested.' 
 
 608. ^aKxtvu>, * to be convulsed ' (by natural transition). 
 
 609. d-^vvcTos, ' unintelligible,' ' a strange (ill-omened) cry.' 
 
 611. aTT-ao-Traipovo-a [root a-7ra-'\ ' gasp.' 
 
 612. peXr) may be either 'arms' or more likely 'legs,' i.e. he leapt 
 
 over the table and seized the paidagogos. 
 
 618. eV avTo(j)oi)p(o [0cop (fur) ' thief '] ' in the very act,' ' red- 
 handed.' exovra, ' in possession,' ' with the drug upon him.' 
 
 622. TTvOoxprjcrTos [xpaw], 'prophetic' 
 
 625. 6piCa>, lit. to ' define ;' hence to ' decide.' 
 
 SCENE 5. 
 
 634. BplyKos^ ' the stone ledge ' that divided ofi' the inner sanctuary. 
 
 639. €KT€ive, 387. 
 
 640. a>/ids, 'cruel.' 
 
EURIPIDES. 
 
 642. npoyovois in a rare (but obvious) sense, * stop-sons,' lit. * those 
 
 born before.' 
 647. Sense, ' I should still be Kadapos if I did the deed.' 
 651. avri-TTq^, ' a casket ;' it was probably of two hemispherical 
 
 halves fitting into each other [avrl, ' opposite ;' nrjyuvixi, 
 
 ♦ fix ']. 
 660. iv6vp.iov, 'inspiration.' 
 
 665. ' thou bringest this out to me, as a clue to find my mother.' 
 675. o6eVf by attraction for cKeldev ov, ' begin from that place, 
 
 where,' i.e. here. 
 682. a'Tre/iTToXaco, ' to sell away,' ' get rid of.' 
 685. daiiJLoiv, ' my fate.' 
 694. eav, ' to leave alone.' 
 696. TL 7rdcrx<»; 'what ails me?' [that I am doing so foolish a 
 
 thing]. 
 701. rdixh (jiiXa, ' my dear memorials ' — clothes, playthings, &c. 
 
 703. €K TLvos OerfkoTov, ' from some divine will.' 
 
 704. evpoos, ' mould.' 6 ev pecrcp, ' the intervening time.' 
 
 707. ' Peace, Peace ; I ween, thou kuowest much of old,' probably 
 meaning 'doubtless a crafty schemer like you has many 
 marvellous secrets.' /xoi, ethic dat., see 345. 
 
 714. ' cease not now to slay,' i. e. ' slay on.' 
 
 720. * cease weaving wiles.' 
 
 726. Tokp-T], rare form, for the sake of the metre, for the 
 regular ToXp-a. 
 
 729. cKbldayp-a, ' a first exercise.' 
 
 733. Kpaanebov means ' fringe,' 
 
 740. (TKOTTcXos is the acropolis. 
 
JON OF 
 
 GEAMMATICAL INDEX. 
 
 1. Verbs. 
 
 a. Sing, verb with plur. noun, 550. 
 &. Indie, aor. immediate, 20, 56, 521. 
 
 „ perf. fut., 232. 
 
 „ imperf. of intention, 387, 639. 
 
 „ fut. mod. as pass., 235, 244. 
 
 c. imper. subordinate, 493. 
 
 d. Subjunct. Indefinite, 122, 124, 496, 510, 647, 649. 
 
 „ „ without liv, 409. 
 
 „ „ after 7:p\v av, 345. 
 
 „ hortative, 444. 
 
 „ deliberative, 201, 447, 513. 
 
 e. Optative, sim])le, 311. 
 
 „ conditional, as mild imper., 83, 649, 714. 
 „ fut., 156, 297. 
 
 „ indet. (historic), 356. 
 
 „ final, after historic pres,, 382. 
 
 „ interrupted conditional, as ' wish,' 148, 453. 
 
 /. Infinitive, after ' know,' 279, 414. 
 g. Participle, with exco (auxiliary), 248, 316. 
 
 2. Particles. 
 
 akU, ' at least,' 164, 452. 
 
 yf, limiting assent, 36, 88, 105, 41-1, 431, 492,643, 666, 725. 
 
 6' ovv, ' but at any rate,' 146. 
 
 Koi fxfjv (new idea or person), 459. 
 
 firj, lu'ohibitive, 325, 344. 
 
 nplv liv, 345. 
 
 ojy TL 5/y, elliptical, 179. 
 
 3. Prepositions and Cases. 
 
 eVi, c. dat., 'against,' 452. 
 f y, 0. ace, ' about,' 150, 309. 
 ykcrd, change, 150. 
 Trpof, c. gen., 'at hands of,' 360. 
 a)f, of persons, 241. 
 
E URIPIDES 
 
 Prepositions and Cases — continued. 
 
 ace. cognate, 135. 
 dat. after 6 avros^ 78. 
 
 „ ,, perf. pass., 29. 
 
 „ „ Ethic, 345, 707. 
 gen., attachment, 478. 
 
 „ comprehensive, 444. 
 
 „ partitive, 79. 
 
 „ aim, 721. 
 
 4. Miscellaneous. 
 
 Double question, 359, 422. 
 Iron}', 2, 72, 93, 105, 205. 
 Meiosis, 101. 
 Nautical metaphor, 233. 
 Tertiary Predicate, 123, 202, 304, 
 Tmesis, 598, 608. 
 Zeugma, 295. 
 Double aV, 183. 
 
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