Epeisodion 2
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Thou art thy own witness.
Xuthus
Nay, I have learnt the answer of the god.
Ion
Thou art mistaken in the dark riddle thou hast heard.
Xuthus
It seems then I do not hear aright.
Xuthus
That the man who met me—
Xuthus
As I came forth from the god’s temple—
535
Ion
Well! what should happen to him?
Xuthus
Should be my own true son.
Ion
Thy own true son, or a gift from others?
Xuthus
A gift, but mine for all that.
Ion
Am I the first that thou didst meet?
Xuthus
I have met no other, my son.
Ion
Whence came this piece of luck?
Xuthus
To both of us alike it causes surprise.
Ion
Ah I but who was my mother?
540
Xuthus
I cannot tell.
540
Ion
Did not Phoebus tell thee that?
Xuthus
I was so pleased with this, I did not ask him that.
