Ion of Chios

Ion of Chios (Ancient Greek: Ἴων ὁ Χῖος; c. 490/480 – c. 420 BC) was a Greek writer, dramatist, lyric poet and philosopher. Quotes στρόβιλος ἀμφ᾿ ἄκανθαν εἱλίξας δέμαςκεῖται δακεῖν τε καὶ θιγεῖν ἀμήχανος. Curling its spiny body in a coil,Lies still, impregnable to touch or bite. Frg. 38.4–5 TrGF; quoted in Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, sec. 16 (tr. Harold Cherniss and William C. Helmbold, 1957): "The way in which hedgehogs defend and guard themselves...when the fox approaches." κακὴ ... δελφῖνος ἐν χέρσῳ βία. For useless ... is a dolphin's might upon dry ground. Frg. 58 TrGF; quoted in Plutarch, Demosthenes, sec. 3 (tr. Bernadotte Perrin, 1919) External links Category:BCE births Category:BCE deaths Category:Authors from Greece Category:Poets from Greece Category:Playwrights from Greece Category:Philosophers from Greece