Who is she? If she would but help me in the task, how happy should I be!Creusa’Tis she on whose account I have preceded my husband hither.IonWhat are thy wishes? be sure I will serve thee, lady.CreusaI would fain obtain a secret answer from Apollo’s oracle.IonName it, then; the rest will I undertake for thee.CreusaHear, then, this story. Yet am I ashamed.IonThus wilt thou accomplish naught, for shame is a goddess slow to act.CreusaA friend of mine asserts that Phoebus lay with her.IonPhoebus with a mortal woman? Stranger lady, say not so.CreusaYea, and she bare the god a child without her father’s knowledge.