<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>A translation of one of Euripides' finest plays by one of Britain's most experienced translators <p/><br>Ion is the story of the abandoned child Ion, reunited with her mother Xouthos</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>In Euripides' enchanting play, the young hero - a foundling engaged to keep the Temple of Apollo tidy - meets the Queen of Athens. The two strike up an instant rapport. She tells him of a 'friend' who was seduced by Apollo and gave birth to a child whom she abandoned... After a series of surprising and disturbing twists, mother and son are reunited and the story is resolved in a manner which foreshadows a new genre of European drama: the family romance.
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