Scaife ATLAS

CTS Library / Ion

Ion (981-1010)

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I will about it; but where is the deed to be done?
Old Servant
In the sacred tent, where he is feasting his friends.
Creusa
The murder will be too public, and slaves are poor support.
Old Servant
Ah! thou art turning coward. Devise some scheme thyself.
Creusa
Well, I too have subtle plans that cannot fail.
Old Servant
If both conditions they fulfil, I will assist thee.
Creusa
Hearken then; knowest thou the battle of the earth-born men?
Old Servant
Surely; the fight at Phlegra waged by giants against the gods.
Creusa
There Earth brought Gorgon forth, dreadful prodigy.
Old Servant
To aid her sons maybe, and cause the gods hard toil?
Creusa
Yea, and Pallas, daughter of Zeus, slew the monster.
Old Servant
What savage form had it assumed?
Creusa
A breast-plate of vipers fenced its body.
Old Servant
Is this the tale I heard in days of yore?
Creusa
That Athena wears its skin upon her corslet.
Old Servant
Is it this that Pallas wears, called by men her aegis?
Creusa
This was the name it received, that day she came to do battle for the gods.
998
Old Servant
How, daughter, can this harm thy enemies?
Creusa
Hast heard of Erichthonius, or no? of course thou hast.
Old Servant
Him whom Earth produced, the founder of thy race?
Creusa
To him whilst yet a babe did Pallas give—
Old Servant
Ha! what? thou hast something yet to add?
Creusa
Two drops of Gorgon’s blood.
Old Servant
What power could they exert on the nature of a human creature?
Creusa
The one with death is fraught, the other cures disease.
Old Servant
What held them when she tied them to the child’s body?
Creusa
With links of gold she fastened them; this to my sire did Erichthonius give.
Old Servant
And at his death it came to thee?
Creusa
Yea, and here at my wrist I wear it.
Old Servant
How works the spell of this double gift of Pallas?

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