Oedipus at Colonus (Magill Book Reviews)
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- Author: Sophocles
- First Published: 401
- Type of Work: Classical Drama
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Suffering, Murder or homicide, Blindness or blind persons, Exile or expatriates, Marriage, Kings, queens, or royalty, Gods or goddesses, Fratricide, parricide, or filicide, Greek or Roman times, Horror, Greece or Greek people
- Locales: Greece, Athens, ancient, Colonus, ancient
Oedipus and Antigone, his daughter, have wandered far since his banishment. Finally they come to an olive grove in Colonus, over which Theseus, King of Athens, rules. The grove at which they have stopped is one which the Furies hold sacred. Most men fear it, but Oedipus feels comfortable there.
The patriarchs of Colonus, learning that the stranger in their midst is Oedipus, whose horrible story they know, try to drive him away. He is able to calm them, implying that he has special powers and will bring good to the land that provides him refuge.
Ismene, Oedipus’ other...
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