Bion

About the show

On Salamis, the poet Bion welcomes Agénor and Cratès to his home. Agénor and Nysa, whom Bion freed from slavery and raised, fall in love, though Nysa worries that she owes Bion a debt. Bion pretends to leave and says he will marry Nysa on his return. When he interrupts their wedding, he reveals that he knew of their love and staged events to test them. He blesses their marriage.