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