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| | Euripides, Ion (U. of Saskatchewan) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) |
 | | One of his sons, Achaeus, returned to his father's homeland, Thessaly, and became the eponymous forefather of the Achaeans; the other, Ion, was recalled to Athens, where he died leading Athens in its war against Eleusis. |
 | | Xuthus and Creusa produce the sons Dorus and Achaeus; Ion, however, is the son of Creusa and Apollo. |
 | | Generally, these plays involve long lost siblings, a mother and child, or (in the case of Helen) a husband and wife who meet one another, after a separation of many years, in a foreign land and/or amid dangerous circumstances. |
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