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The latest title to join the acclaimed Greek Tragedy in New Translations series, Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus tells the story of the last day in the life of Oedipus. It was written at the end of the fifth century BCE in Athens, in the final years of the "Golden Age" of Athenian... Read Full Overview

Sophocles' classic tragedy, Oedipus at Colonus , continues the story of the tragic character Oedipus as he nears the end of his life, telling the story of the now-blind Oedipus's visit to Colonus with his daughters Ismene and Antigone, as suppliants of King Theseus. One of the... Read Full Overview

This outstanding drama of classical antiquity, part of the Cadmean trilogy that includes Oedipus Rex and Antigone , was first presented in 405 B.C. Thought to be among Sophocles' last works, it represents the great playwright's crowning achievement in depicting the painful quest... Read Full Overview

Among the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens, Oedipus at Kolonos is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles, now available from Harper Perennial in a vivid and dynamic new translation by award-winning poet Robert Bagg.

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This play forms a bridge between the events in Oedipus the King and Antigone. It begins with the arrival of Oedipus in Colonus after years of wandering; it ends with Antigone setting off toward her own fate in Thebes.

Oedipus at colonus

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This is one of the seven plays of Sophocles in the full editions by R.C. Jebb, all of which will be reissued under the BCP imprint. They have occasionally been reprinted but never before in affordable paperback versions. In this set, each volume contains a foreword by P.E... Read Full Overview

Oedipus

A singular chapter in tragic art. Not a story easily forgotten. C. Jebb's edition of The Oedipus Coloneus Of Sophocles presents this austere greek tragedy play with clarity and restraint. As a classical drama text it emphasises the chorus's moral voice and the compressed tragic... Read Full Overview

Edipo, ciego y desterrado de Tebas, llega errante a Colono, pueblo del tica, al norte de Atenas, ayudado por su hija Ant gona. Los habitantes de Colono le piden que se marche, pero l, sabiendo que este era el lugar en el que hab a de morir seg n el or culo, se niega a hacerlo... Read Full Overview

Excerpt from The Oedipus Colon us of Sophocles: With Short English Notes for the Use of Schools

Sophocles was the Aaron Spelling of ancient Greek world--his plays had all the makings of a modern soap! But archaic translations of his ancient work make it almost impossible to see any of the Melrose Place-like plots! BookCaps can help readers who have struggled in the past... Read Full Overview

Oedipus at Colonus is the second play (chronologically) in Sophocles' Theban trilogy, following Oedipus Rex and preceding Antigone. It was written near the end of Sophocles' life and first performed posthumously in 401 BCE. The play continues the tragic story... Read Full Overview

OEdipe Colone est une trag die grecque de Sophocle, l'une des derni res qu'il ait compos es. Elle a pour sujet la fin de la vie d'OEdipe, roi l gendaire de la dynastie des Labdacides. Banni de Th bes apr s s' tre d couvert coupable de parricide et d'inceste et s' tre crev... Read Full Overview