Sophocles

Oedipus at Colonus Sophocles

Oedipus at Colonus is one of the three Theban Plays of the Greek Athenian tragedian Sophocles. The ancient & classical Greek tragedy Oedipus at Colonus was written shortly before Sophocles' death in 406 BC. In the timeline of the ancient dramas & plays, the events of Oedipus at Colonus occur after Oedipus the King and before Antigone, however Oedipus at Colonus was the last of Sophocles' three Theban plays to be written. The drama & play describes the end of Oedipus' tragic life. Led by Antigone, Oedipus enters the village of Colonus and sits down on a stone. They are approached by a villager, who demands that they leave, because that ground is sacred to the Furies, or Erinyes. Oedipus recognizes this as a sign, for when he received the prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother. Apollo also revealed to him that at the end of his life he would die at a place sacred to the Furies, and be a blessing for the land in which he is buried. Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus is considered a literature & fiction classic in the Greek dramas & plays genre and is often required textbook reading in the following disciplines; English, literature & fiction, Ancient & Medieval Literature, ancient & classical, dramas & plays, Greek tragedy, and world literature.