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Ion (271-280)

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Consigned him, did she? as tis wont to be set forth in painting.
Creusa
Yes, to the daughters of Cecrops, to keep him safe unseen.
Ion
I have heard the maidens opened the ark wherein the goddess laid him.
Creusa
And so they died, dabbling with their blood the rocky cliff.
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Ion
Even so. But what of this next story? Is it true or groundless?
Creusa
What is thy question? Ask on, I have no calls upon my leisure.
Ion
Did thy sire Erechtheus offer thy sisters as a sacrifice?
Creusa
For his countrys sake he did endure to slay the maids as victims.
Ion
And how didst thou, alone of al thy sisters, escape?
Creusa
I was still a tender babe in my mothers arms.

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