Among the frantic votaries of Bacchus.IonWert thou sober, or in thy cups?XuthusI had indulged in the pleasures of the wine-cup.IonThat is just the history of my birth.XuthusFate hath discovered thee, my son.IonHow came I to the temple?XuthusMaybe the maid exposed thee.IonI have escaped the shame of slavish birth.XuthusAcknowledge then thy father, my son.IonIt is not right that I should mistrust the god.