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