Oedipus at Kolonos
A New Translation
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · August 7, 2012
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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- Who it’s for
- Sophocles gives a final chapter to Oedipus, where guilt, forgiveness, and mortality meet.
- Themes
- Incest and patricide, Seeking forgiveness, Impending death
- Genres
- Classical Plays
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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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Oedipus at Kolonos continues the story of Thebes’s tragic, now-blinded hero in the last days of his life, as he attempts to answer for his shocking crimes of incest and patricide, and seeks forgiveness before his impending death. This is Sophocles, vibrant and alive, for a new generation.
After the Fall
Sophocles gives a final chapter to Oedipus, where guilt, forgiveness, and mortality meet.
Come here for
- A tragic hero reckoning with incest and patricide
- The last days of a life shaped by ancient Greek tragedy
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- A vivid new translation by poet Robert Bagg
- A play concerned with guilt and the possibility of forgiveness
Where it sits
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Publisher categories
- American Plays
- Classical Plays
- Shakespeare
- Ancient Greece
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- Ancient Rome
- Western European History
- British History
- U.S. History
- Authors
- Sophocles
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- August 7, 2012
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Incest and patricide · Seeking forgiveness · Impending death
- Reading lane
- American Plays