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Ion (995-1016)

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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?
Creusa
Each drop of gore which trickled from the hollow vein—
Old Servant
What purpose does it serve? what virtue does it carry?
Creusa
Wards off disease, and nourishes man’s life.
Old Servant
What doth that second drop effect, of which thou madest mention?
Creusa
It kills, for it is venom from the Gorgon’s snakes.
Old Servant
Dost thou carry this charm mixed in one phial, or separate?

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