[576] vv. 403-56.
[577] vv. 297-331.
[578] She has arrayed herself, not in black but in festal robes (vv. 1054-6)—an interesting parallel with the fine ending of the second act of Mr. Shaw’s Doctor’s Dilemma.
[579] Probable Arrangement: protagonist, Ion, Pædagogus; deuteragonist, Hermes, Creusa; tritagonist, Xuthus, servant, prophetess, Athena.
[580] vv. 1537 sq.
[581] ἀμαθής (v. 916, used by Creusa).
[582] ὁ κακός (v. 952, used by the Pædagogus).
[583] v. 1595.
[584] vv. 550 sqq. are probably significant (and Ion actually the son of Xuthus).
[585] Cp. v. 1324 and the rest of the short conversation between her and Ion, which is of course charming on any view of the play.