In the timeline of the plays, the events of Oedipus at Colonus occur after Oedipus Rex and before Antigone; however, it was the last of Sophocles's three Theban plays to be written. The play …

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Produced posthumously, Sophocles’ last tragedy, Oedipus at Colonus, is undoubtedly a fitting farewell to an exceptional playwrighting career. Frequently compared to Shakespeare’s King …

Our pity, Oedipus, thou needs must move, Thou and these maidens; and the stronger plea Thou urgest, as the savior of our land, Disposes me to counsel for thy weal.

Oedipus and Antigone, his daughter and guide, learn they have reached Colonus, a city near Athens, and are standing on ground sacred to the Eumenides (another name for the Furies). …

The blind Oedipus, exiled from his native Thebes and reduced to a life of wandering led by his daughter Antigone, arrives at the town of Colonus, where he is at first told to move on because …

Jan 27, 2025 · Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ (Oidipous epi Kolōnō, Latin: Oedipus Coloneus), or Oedipus at Colonus, is a play by Sophocles. It was written shortly before Sophocles' death in 406 BCE, …

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The play begins with the long-exiled Oedipus, accompanied by his daughter Antigone, coming to an unfamiliar place under Athenian jurisdiction, a grove sacred to the Eumenides. Colonus, …