According to Greek mythology, Ion (/ ˈ aɪ. ɒ n /; Ancient Greek: Ἴων, lit. 'from Íon, gen.: Ἴωνος, Íonos, means ‘going') was eponymous ancestor of the Ionians.

Ion was the illegitimate child of Creusa and the god Apollo in Greek mythology. Creusa abandoned Ion in his cradle, and Apollo asked Hermes to take him to the Delphic Oracle. There, he was raised by a priestess.

Ion (/ ˈ aɪ ɒ n /; Ancient Greek: Ἴων, Iōn) is an ancient Greek play by Euripides, thought to have been written between 414 and 412 BC. [ citation needed ] It follows the orphan Ion , a young and willing servant in Apollo's temple, as he inadvertently discovers his biological origins.

Ionic or Ionian Greek (Ancient Greek: Ἰωνική, romanized: Iōnikḗ) was a subdialect of the Eastern or Attic –Ionic dialect group of Ancient Greek.

Written between 414 and 412 BC, Ion —along with Helen, Orestes and Iphigenia in Tauris —is one of Euripides’ so-called romantic tragedies, i.e. tragedies with a happy ending.

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Ion （ Ἴων ), the fabulous ancestor of the Ionians, is described as a son of Apollo by Creusa, the daughter of Erechtheus and wife of Xuthus. ( Apollod. 1.7.3 ; CREUSA.)

Feb 28, 2025 · In Ion (c. 413 bc), Creusa, the queen of Athens, is married to an immigrant king, Xuthus, but the couple do not have any children. Years before, the Queen was raped by the god Apollo but abandoned the subsequent child. The boy Ion has grown up as a temple slave at Delphi, where the play is set.

Ion. The fabulous ancestor of the Ionians, is described as a son of Apollo by Creusa, the daughter of Erichthonius and wife of Xuthus. 1. The most celebrated story about him is that which forms the subject of the Ion of Euripides. Apollo had visited Creusa in a cave below the Propylaea, and when she gave birth to a son, she exposed him in the ...

Ion was the son of Crëusa (the beauteous daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens) and the sun-god Phoebus-Apollo, to whom she was united without the knowledge of her father. Fearing the anger of Erechtheus, Crëusa placed her new-born babe in a little wicker basket, and hanging some golden charms round his neck, invoked for him the protection ...