"Euripides' Ion" is the story of a young man's search for his
identity, and a woman's attempt to come to terms with her past.
Through the story of a divine rape and its consequences, it asks
questions about the justice of the gods and the nature of
parenthood, encouraging its audience to consider contemporary
concerns through the filter of traditional myth. This detailed
study outlines the pre-history and later reception of the Ion myth,
and provides a literary interpretation of the play's main themes,
aiming to combine analysis of the text with a consideration of its
cultural contexts. Chapters on religion, family, and national
identity investigate how Euripides handles these issues in the
light of the values of his day, and a chapter on genre discusses
the play's upbeat ending and explores how we should define tragedy.
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