Euripides' ION Complete

Translated by R. Potter.

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Leader: Unhappy fortune!
But why distress me for the oracle
Given to our lords? Be that as fate requires
In things which threaten death, what shall we do?

Creusa: What means this strain of woe? Whence are these fears?

Leader: What! shall we speak, or bury this in silence?

Creusa: Speak, though thy words bring wretchedness to me.

Leader: It shall be spoken, were I twice to die.
To thee, my queen, it is not given to clasp
In thy fond arms a child, or at thy breast
To hold it.

Tutor: O my child, would I were dead!

Creusa: Yes, this is wretchedness indeed, a grief
That makes life joyless.

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