In 1836 a production of 'Ion' by the Greek writer Euripides, though probably in the form of the Robert Potter translation of 1781, was produced at the Covent Garden Theatre, London.
Ion is the tale of the man who would rise to the throne of Athens and create the Ionian race/tribe and like many heroes of Greek myth and legend is the son of a god. His father is Apollo who rapes a young mortal woman, named Creusa, who ends up giving birth to the aforementioned hero and because of the violent nature of his conception abandons him to the elements. Apollo asked his fellow god Hermes to save the infant Ion, who was then raised as an orphan at the Temple of Apollo. Fast forward about 15 years and Creusa comes back into Ion's life through her husband coming to Apollo to beg for a son. The story gets more complex and really I would recommend reading the synopsis at this link here.
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