One of Euripides' late plays, Ion is a complex enactment of the changing relations between the human and divine orders and the way in which our understanding of the gods is mediated and re-visioned by myths. The story begins years before the play begins, with the rape of the mortal Kreousa, queen of Athens, by Apollo. Kreousa bears Apollos' child in secret then abandons it. Unbeknownst to her, Apollo has the child brought to his temple at Delphi to be reared by the priestess as ward of the shrine. Many years later, Kreousa, now married to the foreigner Xouthos but childless, comes to Delphi seeking prophecy about children. Apollo, however, speaking through the oracle, bestows the temple ward, Ion, on Xouthos as his child. Enraged, Kreousa conspires to kill as an interloper the very son she has despaired of finding. After mother and son both try to kill each other, the priestess reveals the...
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2010-06-18
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Se den blanka, avgrundssmidda dolken tragiskt ryka i Medeas hand. (Stagnelius Kärleken, Liljor i Saron) Rex Warners engelska översättning från 1940-talet är betydligt modernare än andra versioner fritt tilllgängliga på internet. Bra att förlaget gett ut pjäsen i oförkortad form.
