Oedipus at Colonus
Oedipus at Colonus (Oidipous epi Kolonoi; Oedipus Coloneus) Author: Sophocles
First Performance: 401 BC, Athens
First English Translation: 1729
Genre: Greek drama in verse
Setting: Countryside near Colonus, in the mythical past
Cast: 6m, 2f, extras, chorus (m)
Ever since the terrible discovery of his guilt that he killed his father and married his mother, the blind Oedipus has been wandering in exile, guided by his faithful daughter Antigone. At last he comes to a grove of the Eumenides, and here learns to his delight that he is near Colonus, where an oracle has foretold that he will at last find rest. However, Creon arrives from Thebes, demanding that Oedipus should return, as a prophecy has warned that there will be no peace in the city if Oedipus is not buried there. Oedipus refuses to return, and Creon's...
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