Great Books Ep 83. Euripides - Ion. In Search of One's Parents

It is a tragedy to be forced to abandon one's child due to being born out of society's norms. It is tragic to be brought up as an orphan often wondering who ones parents are.

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“for just when I ought to have lain softly in a mother’s arms, tasting somewhat of the joys of life, was I deprived of a fond mother’s fostering care. Nor less is she a prey to sorrow that bare me, seeing she hath suffered the self-same pang in losing all the joy a son might bring.”

~ ‘Ion’ by Euripides (Edward P. Colerid…