Oedipus at Colonus

English-language translations of
Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ (Oedipus at Colonus)
by Sophocles

Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ (Oidipous epi Kolōnō, Latin: Oedipus Coloneus), or Oedipus at Colonus, is a play by Sophocles. It was written shortly before Sophocles' death in 406 BCE, and produced by his grandson (also called Sophocles) at the Festival of Dionysus in 401 BCE. The play describes the end of Oedipus' tragic life.

Oedipus at Colonus is one of the three "Theban" plays of Sophocles, treating the story of Oedipus and his children. However, the three plays were not created as a trilogy, and were written out of chronological sequence at different times in Sophocles' career.

English-language translations of Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ include:

Œdipus Coloneus, translated by Theodore Alois Buckley (1849)
Œdipus at Colonos, translated by E. H. Plumptre (1878)
Oedipus at Colonus, translated by Richard Claverhouse Jebb [1904] (1917)
Oedipus at Colonos, translated by Lewis Campbell (1906)
Oedipus at Colonus, translated by Francis Storr (1913)

This work is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations of this work may be copyrighted.

Oedipus at Colonus

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