[586] vv. 859 sqq.
[587] vv. 1029 sqq.
[588] Cp. v. 1419: οὐ τέλεον, οἷον δ’ ἐκδίδαγμα κερκίδος, and Ion’s acknowledgment (v. 1424): ἰδού· τόδ’ ἐσθ’ ὕφασμα, θέσφαθ’ ὡς εὑρίσκομεν. This latter surely means that Ion is as satisfied as one can expect to be in tracing the fulfilment of oracles.
[589] Cp. v. 1565: μηχαναῖς ἐρρύσατο.
[590] v. 1550: πρόσωπον.
[591] οὐ πέδον τίκτει τέκνα says the elder man (v. 542), casually turning his back on the glory of his wife’s family (cp. vv. 265-8).
[592] vv. 585 sqq.
[593] vv. 738-46.
[594] v. 768 sqq.
[595] vv. 1215 sqq.