Oedipus at Colonus

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[kuh-loh-nuhs] / kəˈloʊ nəs /

noun

1. a tragedy by Sophocles, written toward the end of his life and produced posthumously in 401? b.c.

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Oedipus at Colonus

“The Oedipus at Colonus Project” David Strathairn, Bill Camp and Taylor Schilling are among the actors giving dramatic readings from Sophocles’ tragedy in this virtual event presented by Theater of War Productions.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2021

They won national acclaim in 1983 for the Off-Broadway stage production of Gospel at Colonus, an adaptation of Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus at Colonus set in a black Pentecostal church.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2018

This recording of Sophocles’s three Theban plays—Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone—makes the dramas three-dimensional, despite the absence of the visual element of the performance.

From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2016

Taking on Sophocles' Theban plays – Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone, adapted and directed by Don Taylor – was particularly ambitious, but their screenings over successive nights in 1984 were widely applauded.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 7, 2010

I have taken this story from the Antigone and the Oedipus at Colonus, two of Sophocles’ plays, with the exception of the death of Menoeceus, which is told in a play of Euripides, The Suppliants.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton