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Ἴων

φέρε λόγων ἁψώμεθʼ ἄλλων.

Ξοῦθος

ταῦτʼ ἀμείνονʼ, ὦ τέκνον.

Ἴων

ἦλθες ἐς νόθον τι λέκτρον;
545

Ξοῦθος

μωρίᾳ γε τοῦ νέου.

Ἴων

πρὶν κόρην λαβεῖν Ἐρεχθέως;

Ξοῦθος

οὐ γὰρ ὕστερόν γέ πω.

Ἴων

ἆρα δῆτʼ ἐκεῖ μʼ ἔφυσας;

Ξοῦθος

τῷ χρόνῳ γε συντρέχει.

Ἴων

κᾆτα πῶς ἀφικόμεσθα δεῦρο —

Ξοῦθος

ταῦτʼ ἀμηχανῶ.

Ἴων

διὰ μακρᾶς ἐλθὼν κελεύθου;

Ξοῦθος

τοῦτο κἄμʼ ἀπαιολεῖ.

Ἴων

Πυθίαν δʼ ἦλθες πέτραν πρίν;
550

Ξοῦθος

ἐς φανάς γε Βακχίου.

Ἴων

προξένων δʼ ἔν του κατέσχες;

Ξοῦθος

ὅς με Δελφίσιν κόραις

Ἴων

ἐθιάσευσʼ, ἢ πῶς τάδʼ αὐδᾷς;

Ξοῦθος

Μαινάσιν γε Βακχίου.

Ἴων

ἔμφρονʼ ἢ κάτοινον ὄντα;

Ξοῦθος

Βακχίου πρὸς ἡδοναῖς.

Ἴων

τοῦτʼ ἐκεῖνʼ ἵνʼ ἐσπάρημεν.

Ξοῦθος

ὁ πότμος ἐξηῦρεν, τέκνον.

Ἴων

πῶς δʼ ἀφικόμεσθα ναούς;
555

Ξοῦθος

ἔκβολον κόρης ἴσως.

Ἴων

ἐκπεφεύγαμεν τὸ δοῦλον.

Ξοῦθος

πατέρα νυν δέχου, τέκνον.

Ἴων

τῷ θεῷ γοῦν οὐκ ἀπιστεῖν εἰκός.

Ξοῦθος

εὖ φρονεῖς ἄρα.

Ἴων

καὶ τί βουλόμεσθά γʼ ἄλλο —

Ξοῦθος

νῦν ὁρᾷς ἃ χρή σʼ ὁρᾶν.

Ἴων

ἢ Διὸς παιδὸς γενέσθαι παῖς;

Ξοῦθος

ὃ σοί γε γίγνεται.

Ἴων

ἦ θίγω δῆθʼ οἵ μʼ ἔφυσαν;
560

Ξοῦθος

πιθόμενός γε τῷ θεῷ.

Ἴων

χαῖρέ μοι, πάτερ —

Ξοῦθος

φίλον γε φθέγμʼ ἐδεξάμην τόδε.

Ἴων

ἡμέρα θʼ ἡ νῦν παροῦσα.

Ξοῦθος

μακάριόν γʼ ἔθηκέ με.

Ἴων

ὦ φίλη μῆτερ, πότʼ ἆρα καὶ σὸν ὄψομαι δέμας;

νῦν ποθῶ σε μᾶλλον ἢ πρίν, ἥτις εἶ ποτʼ, εἰσιδεῖν.

ἀλλʼ ἴσως τέθνηκας, ἡμεῖς δʼ οὐδὲν ἂν δυναίμεθα.
565

Ion. Euripides. ed. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. 1913.

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Ἴων (Greek) (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. II. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1921-1962))

Editions (3)

Ion, Greek text (M. A. Bayfield, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (The Greek text and dramatic structure of M. A. Bayfield's second edition of 1924 (first edition 1889), aligned by line to the Murray reference edition.)

No corresponding passage available

Ion, Greek text (A. W. Verrall, 1890) (OCR draft) Experimental (The Greek text and dramatic structure of A. W. Verrall's 1890 edition, aligned by line to the Murray reference edition.)

No corresponding passage available

Ion, Greek text (Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1926) (OCR draft) Experimental (Wilamowitz's 1926 Greek edition with its critical apparatus, aligned by line to the Murray reference edition.)

No corresponding passage available

Translations (4)

Ion Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906.) — 544 focus

Ion

Come, let us try another theme.

Xuthus

Better hold to this, my son.

Ion

Didst thou e’er indulge in illicit amours?
545

Xuthus

Yes, in the folly of youth.

Ion

Ere thou didst win Erechtheus’ daughter?

Xuthus

Never since.

Ion

Could it be, then, thou didst beget me?

Xuthus

The time coincides therewith.

Ion

In that case, how came I hither?

Xuthus

That puzzles me.

Ion

After that long journey too?

Xuthus

That, too, perplexes me.

Ion

Didst thou in days gone by come to the Pythian rock?
550

Xuthus

Yes, to join in the mystic rites of Bacchus.

Ion

Didst thou lodge with one of the public hosts?

Xuthus

With one who at Delphi —

Ion

Initiated thee? or what is it thou sayest?

Xuthus

Among the frantic votaries of Bacchus.

Ion

Wert thou sober, or in thy cups?

Xuthus

I had indulged in the pleasures of the wine-cup.

Ion

That is just the history of my birth.

Xuthus

Fate hath discovered thee, my son.

Ion

How came I to the temple?
555

Xuthus

Maybe the maid exposed thee.

Ion

I have escaped the shame of slavish birth.

Xuthus

Acknowledge then thy father, my son.

Ion

It is not right that I should mistrust the god.

Xuthus

Thou art right there.

Ion

What more can I desire—

Xuthus

Thine eyes now open to the sights they should.

Ion

Than from a son of Zeus to spring?

Xuthus

Which is indeed thy lot.

Ion

May I embrace the author of my being?
560

Xuthus

Aye, put thy trust in the god.

Ion

Hail to thee, father mine.

Xuthus

With joy that title I accept.

Ion

This day—

Xuthus

Hath made me blest.

Ion

Ah, mother dear! shall I ever see thee too? Now more than ever do I long to gaze upon thee, whoe’er thou art.

But thou perhaps art dead, and I shall never have the chance.
565

Ion (OCR draft) Experimental (Ion. Robert Potter's English verse translation, first published in 1781–1783; text from the 1808 Oxford printing.)

No corresponding passage available

Ion, English translation (A. W. Verrall, 1890) (OCR draft) Experimental (A. W. Verrall's English verse translation, passage-aligned to the Murray reference edition.)

No corresponding passage available

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1852; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (Euripides. Deutsch in den Versmaßen der Urschrift. Volume 3, Heidelberg: C. F. Winter, 1852. Harvard OCR compared with an independent BSB copy. Native Donner verse citations, Murray reference cards, explicitly located notes and page facsimiles. Unresolved OCR, verse divisions, unlocated notes and printed errata are documented in the source review.) — 544 focus

Auf, von Anderm laß uns reden!

Xuthos.

Besser wird das sein, o Kind.

Jon.

Liebtest du schon andre Mädchen -
540

Xuthos.

In bethörter Jugend wohl.
540

Ehe du das Kind Erechthens freitest?

Seitdem nimmermehr.

Jon.

Also zeugtest du mich damals?

Xuthos.

Mit der Zeit stimmt's überein.

Jon.

Aber dann

wie kam ich hierher?

Xuthos.

Das zu deuten weiß ich nicht.

Jon.

Auf so langem Pfade wandernd?

Dieses irrt auch meinen Sinn.

Kamst du schon zum Felsen Pytho's?¹
545

Xuthos.

Ja, zu Bacchos' Fackelfest.
545

Jon.

Welcher Freund hat dich bewirthet?

Xuthos.

Der mit Delphermädchen mich -

Jon.

Eingeführt zu Bacchos' Neigen, meinst du?

Xuthos.

Im Månadenschwarm.

Jon.

Nuchtern oder voll des Weines?

Xuthos.

Durch des Bacchos Lust beruckt.

Jon.

Also da ward ich gezeugt, Herr?

Xuthos.

Dein Geschick fand dich, o Kind.

Jon.

Wie gelangt' ich denn zum Tempel?
550

Xuthos.

Ausgesezt vom Mädchen wohl.

Jon.

Nun entfloh ich doch der Knechtschaft!

Nimm den Vater an, o Kind.

Ja, dem Gott mistrau'n geziemt sich nimmermehr!

Xuthos.

Und was sollt' ich Andres wunschen -

Da denkst du recht.

Nun erkennst du's, wie du mußt.

Jon.

Als der Sohn zu sein von Zeus' Sohn?.

Xuthos.

Das bestimmt dir dein Geschick.

Jon.

Dich umarm' ich denn, o Vater?
555

Xuthos.

Wenn du Delphi's Gott vertraust.

Jon.

Heil dir, Vater, Heil dir!

Freudig nehm' ich an den holden Gruß.

Heil dem Tag, der heut herausstieg!

Xuthos.

Selig hat er mich gemacht.

Jon.

Theure Mutter, werd' ich einst auch sehen deine Huldgestalt?

Jezt verlang' ich mehr denn vormals, wer du seist auch, dich zu schaun.

Doch du starbst wohl, und vergebens suchen wir dein An-
560

Der Chor.

gesicht.

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Ἴων φέρε λόγων ἁψώμεθʼ ἄλλων.

Ξοῦθος ταῦτʼ ἀμείνονʼ, ὦ τέκνον.

Ἴων ἦλθες ἐς νόθον τι λέκτρον; 545

Ξοῦθος μωρίᾳ γε τοῦ νέου.

Ἴων πρὶν κόρην λαβεῖν Ἐρεχθέως;

Ξοῦθος οὐ γὰρ ὕστερόν γέ πω.

Ἴων ἆρα δῆτʼ ἐκεῖ μʼ ἔφυσας;

Ξοῦθος τῷ χρόνῳ γε συντρέχει.

Ἴων κᾆτα πῶς ἀφικόμεσθα δεῦρο —

Ξοῦθος ταῦτʼ ἀμηχανῶ.

Ἴων διὰ μακρᾶς ἐλθὼν κελεύθου;

Ξοῦθος τοῦτο κἄμʼ ἀπαιολεῖ.

Ἴων Πυθίαν δʼ ἦλθες πέτραν πρίν; 550

Ξοῦθος ἐς φανάς γε Βακχίου.

Ἴων προξένων δʼ ἔν του κατέσχες;

Ξοῦθος ὅς με Δελφίσιν κόραις

Ἴων ἐθιάσευσʼ, ἢ πῶς τάδʼ αὐδᾷς;

Ξοῦθος Μαινάσιν γε Βακχίου.

Ἴων ἔμφρονʼ ἢ κάτοινον ὄντα;

Ξοῦθος Βακχίου πρὸς ἡδοναῖς.

Ἴων τοῦτʼ ἐκεῖνʼ ἵνʼ ἐσπάρημεν.

Ξοῦθος ὁ πότμος ἐξηῦρεν, τέκνον.

Ἴων πῶς δʼ ἀφικόμεσθα ναούς; 555

Ξοῦθος ἔκβολον κόρης ἴσως.

Ἴων ἐκπεφεύγαμεν τὸ δοῦλον.

Ξοῦθος πατέρα νυν δέχου, τέκνον.

Ἴων τῷ θεῷ γοῦν οὐκ ἀπιστεῖν εἰκός.

Ξοῦθος εὖ φρονεῖς ἄρα.

Ἴων καὶ τί βουλόμεσθά γʼ ἄλλο —

Ξοῦθος νῦν ὁρᾷς ἃ χρή σʼ ὁρᾶν.

Ἴων ἢ Διὸς παιδὸς γενέσθαι παῖς;

Ξοῦθος ὃ σοί γε γίγνεται.

Ἴων ἦ θίγω δῆθʼ οἵ μʼ ἔφυσαν; 560

Ξοῦθος πιθόμενός γε τῷ θεῷ.

Ἴων χαῖρέ μοι, πάτερ —

Ξοῦθος φίλον γε φθέγμʼ ἐδεξάμην τόδε.

Ἴων ἡμέρα θʼ ἡ νῦν παροῦσα.

Ξοῦθος μακάριόν γʼ ἔθηκέ με.

Ἴων ὦ φίλη μῆτερ, πότʼ ἆρα καὶ σὸν ὄψομαι δέμας; νῦν ποθῶ σε μᾶλλον ἢ πρίν, ἥτις εἶ ποτʼ, εἰσιδεῖν. ἀλλʼ ἴσως τέθνηκας, ἡμεῖς δʼ οὐδὲν ἂν δυναίμεθα. 565

Current edition Perseus

Ion Come, let us try another theme.

Xuthus Better hold to this, my son.

Ion Didst thou e’er indulge in illicit amours? 545

Xuthus Yes, in the folly of youth.

Ion Ere thou didst win Erechtheus’ daughter?

Xuthus Never since.

Ion Could it be, then, thou didst beget me?

Xuthus The time coincides therewith.

Ion In that case, how came I hither?

Xuthus That puzzles me.

Ion After that long journey too?

Xuthus That, too, perplexes me.

Ion Didst thou in days gone by come to the Pythian rock? 550

Xuthus Yes, to join in the mystic rites of Bacchus.

Ion Didst thou lodge with one of the public hosts?

Xuthus With one who at Delphi —

Ion Initiated thee? or what is it thou sayest?

Xuthus Among the frantic votaries of Bacchus.

Ion Wert thou sober, or in thy cups?

Xuthus I had indulged in the pleasures of the wine-cup.

Ion That is just the history of my birth.

Xuthus Fate hath discovered thee, my son.

Ion How came I to the temple? 555

Xuthus Maybe the maid exposed thee.

Ion I have escaped the shame of slavish birth.

Xuthus Acknowledge then thy father, my son.

Ion It is not right that I should mistrust the god.

Xuthus Thou art right there.

Ion What more can I desire—

Xuthus Thine eyes now open to the sights they should.

Ion Than from a son of Zeus to spring?

Xuthus Which is indeed thy lot.

Ion May I embrace the author of my being? 560

Xuthus Aye, put thy trust in the god.

Ion Hail to thee, father mine.

Xuthus With joy that title I accept.

Ion This day—

Xuthus Hath made me blest.

Ἴων

φέρε λόγων ἁψώμεθʼ ἄλλων.

Ξοῦθος

ταῦτʼ ἀμείνονʼ, ὦ τέκνον.

Ἴων

ἦλθες ἐς νόθον τι λέκτρον;
545

Ξοῦθος

μωρίᾳ γε τοῦ νέου.

Ἴων

πρὶν κόρην λαβεῖν Ἐρεχθέως;

Ξοῦθος

οὐ γὰρ ὕστερόν γέ πω.

Ἴων

ἆρα δῆτʼ ἐκεῖ μʼ ἔφυσας;

Ξοῦθος

τῷ χρόνῳ γε συντρέχει.

Ἴων

κᾆτα πῶς ἀφικόμεσθα δεῦρο —

Ξοῦθος

ταῦτʼ ἀμηχανῶ.

Ἴων

διὰ μακρᾶς ἐλθὼν κελεύθου;

Ξοῦθος

τοῦτο κἄμʼ ἀπαιολεῖ.

Ἴων

Πυθίαν δʼ ἦλθες πέτραν πρίν;
550

Ξοῦθος

ἐς φανάς γε Βακχίου.

Ἴων

προξένων δʼ ἔν του κατέσχες;

Ξοῦθος

ὅς με Δελφίσιν κόραις

Ἴων

ἐθιάσευσʼ, ἢ πῶς τάδʼ αὐδᾷς;

Ξοῦθος

Μαινάσιν γε Βακχίου.

Ἴων

ἔμφρονʼ ἢ κάτοινον ὄντα;

Ξοῦθος

Βακχίου πρὸς ἡδοναῖς.

Ἴων

τοῦτʼ ἐκεῖνʼ ἵνʼ ἐσπάρημεν.

Ξοῦθος

ὁ πότμος ἐξηῦρεν, τέκνον.

Ἴων

πῶς δʼ ἀφικόμεσθα ναούς;
555

Ξοῦθος

ἔκβολον κόρης ἴσως.

Ἴων

ἐκπεφεύγαμεν τὸ δοῦλον.

Ξοῦθος

πατέρα νυν δέχου, τέκνον.

Ἴων

τῷ θεῷ γοῦν οὐκ ἀπιστεῖν εἰκός.

Ξοῦθος

εὖ φρονεῖς ἄρα.

Ἴων

καὶ τί βουλόμεσθά γʼ ἄλλο —

Ξοῦθος

νῦν ὁρᾷς ἃ χρή σʼ ὁρᾶν.

Ἴων

ἢ Διὸς παιδὸς γενέσθαι παῖς;

Ξοῦθος

ὃ σοί γε γίγνεται.

Ἴων

ἦ θίγω δῆθʼ οἵ μʼ ἔφυσαν;
560

Ξοῦθος

πιθόμενός γε τῷ θεῷ.

Ἴων

χαῖρέ μοι, πάτερ —

Ξοῦθος

φίλον γε φθέγμʼ ἐδεξάμην τόδε.

Ἴων

ἡμέρα θʼ ἡ νῦν παροῦσα.

Ξοῦθος

μακάριόν γʼ ἔθηκέ με.

Ἴων

ὦ φίλη μῆτερ, πότʼ ἆρα καὶ σὸν ὄψομαι δέμας;

νῦν ποθῶ σε μᾶλλον ἢ πρίν, ἥτις εἶ ποτʼ, εἰσιδεῖν.

ἀλλʼ ἴσως τέθνηκας, ἡμεῖς δʼ οὐδὲν ἂν δυναίμεθα.
565

Ion

Come, let us try another theme.

Xuthus

Better hold to this, my son.

Ion

Didst thou e’er indulge in illicit amours?
545

Xuthus

Yes, in the folly of youth.

Ion

Ere thou didst win Erechtheus’ daughter?

Xuthus

Never since.

Ion

Could it be, then, thou didst beget me?

Xuthus

The time coincides therewith.

Ion

In that case, how came I hither?

Xuthus

That puzzles me.

Ion

After that long journey too?

Xuthus

That, too, perplexes me.

Ion

Didst thou in days gone by come to the Pythian rock?
550

Xuthus

Yes, to join in the mystic rites of Bacchus.

Ion

Didst thou lodge with one of the public hosts?

Xuthus

With one who at Delphi —

Ion

Initiated thee? or what is it thou sayest?

Xuthus

Among the frantic votaries of Bacchus.

Ion

Wert thou sober, or in thy cups?

Xuthus

I had indulged in the pleasures of the wine-cup.

Ion

That is just the history of my birth.

Xuthus

Fate hath discovered thee, my son.

Ion

How came I to the temple?
555

Xuthus

Maybe the maid exposed thee.

Ion

I have escaped the shame of slavish birth.

Xuthus

Acknowledge then thy father, my son.

Ion

It is not right that I should mistrust the god.

Xuthus

Thou art right there.

Ion

What more can I desire—

Xuthus

Thine eyes now open to the sights they should.

Ion

Than from a son of Zeus to spring?

Xuthus

Which is indeed thy lot.

Ion

May I embrace the author of my being?
560

Xuthus

Aye, put thy trust in the god.

Ion

Hail to thee, father mine.

Xuthus

With joy that title I accept.

Ion

This day—

Xuthus

Hath made me blest.

Ion

Ah, mother dear! shall I ever see thee too? Now more than ever do I long to gaze upon thee, whoe’er thou art.

But thou perhaps art dead, and I shall never have the chance.
565

Xuthos.

Besser wird das sein, o Kind.

Jon.

Liebtest du schon andre Mädchen -
540