Vergognarsi davanti al proprio dio: il coro nel terzo stasimo dello Ione di Euripide.

Chorus’ conduct in the third stasimon of Euripides’Ion is here analysed to show how religious elements and literary features are intertwined in a theatrical play performed during the Athenian Dionysia. The different prayers sung by the chorus in this stasimon show two different behaviours of the choral group. In particular, the imagery of Eleusinian Mysteries and a reference to Dionysos are used as a nod to the audience, whose ritual competence is solicited throughout this stasimon as well as this tragedy.