It cannot be; some man did wrong her, and she is ashamed of it. Creusa This she denieis herself; and she hath suffered further woe. Ion How so, if she was wedded to a god? Creusa The babe she bare she did expose. Ion Where is the child who was thus cast forth? is he yet alive? Creusa No man knoweth. That is the very thing I would ask the oracle. Ion But if he be no more, how did he perish? Creusa She supposes that beasts devoured the hapless babe. Ion What proof led her to form this opinion? Creusa She came to the place where she exposed him, but found him no longer there.