Ion

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Bloomsbury Publishing, May 8, 2014 - Drama - 80 pages
A translation of one of Euripides' finest plays by one of Britain's most experienced translators



Ion is the story of the abandoned child Ion, reunited with her mother Xouthos



 

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Ion
Euripides,
Limited preview - 2014
Ion
Euripides
Snippet view - 1994
Ion
Euripides
Snippet view - 1994

Common terms and phrases

Aeschylus allthe altar answer Apollo’s servant Aristophanes arms ask Apollo Athene’s Athenian Athens baby basket believe betrayed birds born bythe can’t carved cave Cecrops child childless CHORUS claim clothes courtyard daughter David Lan Delphi descendants Dionysos earth earth­born Enter CREUSA Erechtheus Euripides Eve Pearce eyes Fate father feast feel foreigner fromthe god’s gods goingto Gorgon Gorgon’s blood hand happened happy Haul havebeen hear heard heart hereI HERMES holy Hurl husband I’ve ifthe Iolaus Ion’s isthis kill lady leaving listen live Long Rocks Look mortal mother name the Ionians never ofthe OLD SERVANT One’s oneof oracle play poison PYTHIA question snake Sophocles speak stone story suffered swear tears thecave there’s thetruth thing throat tohelp told torch tothe true truth What’s Who’s woman women you’ve seduced word XUTHUS you’re you’ve Zeus

About the author (2014)

One of the greatest and most influential of the Greek tragedians, Euripides, is said to have produced 92 plays, the first of which appeared in 455BC.

Bibliographic information

TitleIon
Classical Dramatists
AuthorEuripides,
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing, 2014
ISBN1408149044, 9781408149041
Length80 pages
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