Ion

Roles

• Tutor - Young Adult (20-35), Adult (36-50), Senior (>50), Male

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The tutor urges Creusa to poison her husband and son

Summary

Ion is the illegitimate son of Creausa, daughter of Erechtheus and a rich Athenian. After being raped by Apollo she gives birth to Ion and abandons him. Ion is saved by Hermes who takes him to the temple of Apollo in Delphi. Several years later Creusa marries Xuthus but they are unable to have a child. They decide to travel to Delphi to talk to the oracles. When Xuthus arrives to the temple, he is told in a prophecy that the first person that he will meet when he will leave the temple is his son. He meets Ion and believes that he is his son. Xuthus asks him to move to Athens with him and Creusa but urges him to keep it secret. He threatens his servants to keep it secret. One of Creusa's servants learns about it and in this monologue advices her to kill her husband and son by poisoning them since he argues her husband has betrayed her and her life is in danger.

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