Name: Oedipus at Kolonos
ISBN: 9780062132109

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After the Fall

Sophocles gives a final chapter to Oedipus, where guilt, forgiveness, and mortality meet.

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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

Book Details

Authors: Sophocles
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: August 7, 2012
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Playwriting · Ancient Greece
Reading lane: Playwriting

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American Plays
Classical Plays
Shakespeare
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Ancient Rome
Western European History
British History
U.S. History

About This Book

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. 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 d...

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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. 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.