Oedipus at Colonus /

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Author / Creator:Sophocles, author.
Uniform title:Oedipus at Colonus. English
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 122 pages).
Language:English
Series:Greek tragedy in new translations
Greek tragedy in new translations.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11143906
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Other authors / contributors:Grennan, Eamon, 1941- translator.
Kitzinger, Rachel, 1948- translator.
ISBN:1423784804
9781423784807
9780198030867
019803086X
9780195135046
0195135040
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-122).
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Translated from the Ancient Greek.
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Summary: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 culture, and in the last year of Sophocles' own life. At the center of the play is the mysterious transformation of Oedipus from an old and blind beggar, totally dependent on his daughters, to the man who rises from his seat and, without help, leads everyone to the place where he is destined to die. In the backgr.
Other form:Print version: Sophocles. Oedipus at Colonus. English. Oedipus at Colonus. New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 0195135040