Ion

Part I of Essay
There is a deep sense of realism that lies in the play . The opening of the play arouses an old wrong, the seduct of Creusa by Apollo, which slowly develops into a tangled plot of deceit. The theme of the play is unique in how it is centered on a human dilemma that many c ....

Part II of Essay
.... where Euripides attempts to bind the mortals and the gods together. Apollo and Creusa share a common problem, and each makes different deciss in how they will go about solving that problem. Immediately after Creusa leaves in the cave, Apollo rescues him. Apollo’s acts are strange in that he goes as far as to catch the soul of the priestess so that she would care for his son but yet refused to give aid to Creusa. As a youth, is appointed as a guard of Apollo’s gold, then an altar attendant and later the chief caretaker. knows nothing of ....