Dec 16, 2009

The Oedipus Trilogy | Oedipus at Colonus Lines 525 – 1,192 Summary and Analysis

New Characters
Theseus: the King of Athens, which includes Colonus

Creon: the King of Thebes, and the brother of Jocasta

Summary
Now that the Leader has gathered his courage and agreed to help Oedipus, the next step is to make amends to the goddesses whose ground was trespassed upon. This section begins with Oedipus and the Leader acting as tutor and teacher in a complex religious ritual meant to soothe the Eumenides into forgiveness. The complicated ritual involves sacred water, tufts of wool cut from a young lamb and olive...