Who art thou and whence? who is the father that begat thee? by what name are we to call thee? Creusa Creusa is my name, the daughter of Erechtheus I; my native land is Athens . Ion A glorious city thine, lady, a noble line of ancestry! with what reverence I behold thee! Creusa Thus far, no further goes my luck, good sir. Ion Pray, is the current legend true— Creusa What is thy question? I fain would learn. Ion Was thy father’s grandsire really sprung from Earth? Creusa Yes, Erichthonius was; but my high birth avails me not Ion Is it true Athena reared him from the ground? Creusa Aye, and into maidens’ hands, though not his mother’s—