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	Oedipus at Colonus Summary
		The son of Sophilus, a well-to-do industrialist, Sophocles was born in Colonus near Athens and grew...
		This essay presents a case in which Sophocles' Oedipus of "Oedipus at Colonus" is innocent due to the distortion of the story.
		Oedipus at Colonus: Oedipus at Colonus by Fulchran-Jean Harriet
	www.bookrags.com /Oedipus_at_Colonus (241 words)

	Greek Travelogue - Colonus
		His other daughter, Ismene, came to Colonus on horseback with news of an oracle and of the impending war between his two sons who were fighting over the throne of Thebes.
		Colonus is a pleasant oasis in a sea of noise and fumes.
		Just after her father/brother died his strange death at Colonus, her two brothers killed each other and not long afterward Antigone died in a last-ditch defense of the rites of the Earth goddess.
	www.greek-myth.com /Pale_Horse/colonus.htm (7791 words)

	Greek Travelogue - Colonus
		His other daughter, Ismene, came to Colonus on horseback with news of an oracle and of the impending war between his two sons who were fighting over the throne of Thebes.
		Colonus is a pleasant oasis in a sea of noise and fumes.
		Among the damage Antigonos did to the country side in his invasion was to fire the grove of Poseidon and the shrine.
	greek-myth.com /Pale_Horse/colonus.htm (7791 words)

	The Blind Boys Of Alabama
		Its theme of suffering and redemption stays true to the original drama but is modernized with the driving passion of ground-shaking gospel music, notable performers, and church choirs celebrating the 2400-year-old myth of Oedipus with a rousing gospel and blues score.
		THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS, which has been broadcast on public television as a part of Great Performances, is the brainchild of playwright and director Lee Breuer and composer Bob Telson.
		The 20th anniversary celebration of COLONUS at the Apollo Theater is sure to attract original audience members of decades ago who want to re-capture the play’s incredible experience.
	www.rosebudus.com /blindboys/GospelAtColonusPress.html (427 words)

	SparkNotes: The Oedipus Plays: Oedipus at Colonus, lines 1646–2001
		In Oedipus at Colonus, the Oedipus’s actions are all sanctified by his divine knowledge, and Oedipus has knowledge and understanding of his own plight that the rest of the characters do not have.
		Oedipus states that his death and body are not important to the well-being of Colonus; the secret passed from son to son will be the city’s true guardian.
		The Oedipus Trilogy: Antigone, Oedipus Rex, and Oedipus at Colonus
	www.sparknotes.com /drama/oedipus/section13.rhtml (853 words)

	Oedipus at Colonus
		The Oedipus Coloneus (Oedipus at Colonus), that "most tender of poems," as Cicero calls it, has a peculiar and distinctive charm of tone such as no other Greek tragedy possesses.
		At length he reaches Colonus, and sits down to rest beside a leafy enclosure.
		He is told that it is the grove of the "Holy Goddesses." In a moment he remembers the prediction of Apollo, and recognizes that his end is at hand.
	www.theatredatabase.com /ancient/sophocles_010.html (623 words)

	Oedipus Rex 2 Oedipus at Colonus - Preface
		Oedipus Rex 2 Oedipus at Colonus - Preface
		He sits to rest on a rock just within a sacred grove of the Furies and is bidden depart by a passing native.
		Conducted to the spot they pity at first the blind beggar and his daughter, but on learning his name they are horror-striken and order him to quit the land.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/lit/plays/OedipusRex2Colonus/chap0.html (339 words)

	Oedipus at Colonus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Oedipus at Colonus is the second of the Theban plays chronologically but the last to be written, produced in 404 bce, the year after Sophocles' death.
		The play begins with the long-exiled Oedipus, accompanied by his daughter Antigone, coming to an unfamiliar place under Athenian jurisdiction, a grove sacred to the Eumenides.
		Colonus, this suburb of Athens, is ruled by Theseus.
	www.wsu.edu /~delahoyd/oedipus_colonus.html (334 words)

	Antigone
		Eventually, he arrives at Colonus, a town just outside Athens where he believes he is fated to die.
		Colonus is favored by the Eumenides, a euphemistic term for the Furies--three spirits who punish evildoers beyond the pale of human justice.
		The Oedipus series of plays (Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone) is not technically a trilogy (although sometimes referred to as one) because the plays were written years apart as single units.
	www.cummingsstudyguides.net /antigone.html (4186 words)

	Oedipus at Colonus
		Oedipus at Colonus (also Oidipous at Colonos) is one of the three Theban plays of Sophocles.
		Legends differ as to the site of Oedipus' death; Sophocles set the place at Colonus, a village near Athens and also Sophocles' own birthplace, where the blinded Oedipus has come with his daughters Antigone and Ismene as suppliants of the Eumenides and of Theseus, the king of Athens.
		Creon, Oedipus' uncle (and brother-in-law) who has replaced him as king of Thebes, follows him to Colonus to claim Antigone and Ismene, whom Oedipus entrusted to him after his exile.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/LX/OedipusAtColonus.html (401 words)

	Oedipus_at_Colonus
		Such is the situation with the throne of Athens when Oedipus comes to Athens (Colonus) at the end of his wanderings.
		An interesting aspect of Oedipus at Colonus is that Sophocles was born, raised and died at Colonus.
		In 420 BC when the god Asclepius was brought to Athens in the form of a snake to cleans the city of plague, Sophocles was chosen to house the illustrious guest until a temple for him (beside the Theatre of Dionysus) was completed.
	www.greek-myth.com /Mythology/Oedipus/oedipus_at_colonus.htm (2634 words)

	SparkNotes: The Oedipus Plays: Oedipus at Colonus, lines 1–576
		Neither she nor Oedipus knows the place where they have come to rest, but they have heard they are on the outskirts of Athens, and the grove in which they sit bears the marks of holy ground.
		A citizen of Colonus approaches and insists that the ground is forbidden to mortals and that Oedipus and Antigone must leave.
		Both sons, as well as Creon, know of this prophecy, and Creon is currently en route to Colonus to try to take Oedipus into custody and thus claim the right to bury him in his kingdom.
	www.sparknotes.com /drama/oedipus/section10.rhtml (842 words)

	"Gospel at Colonus' a joyful tragedy
		Behind him, the entire cast and chorus of "The Gospel at Colonus" picks up the song in a swelling tide that fills the vast reaches of Zellerbach Hall and lifts the audience - many, right up out of their seats - to sway and clap with the rhythm.
		Written toward the end of his life, when he was 90 (and produced posthumously by his son), "Colonus" is the story of Oedipus' death.
		Breuer's particular stroke of genius was to follow up on a suggestion made years earlier by Zora Neale Hurston, that the closest equivalent to the passion of ancient Greek tragedy in our society could be found in the fl sanctified church.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/archive/1997/02/26/STYLE2044.dtl (1023 words)

	African American Choral Ensemble to present "The Gospel at Colonus"
		Set in a fl Pentecostal church, The Gospel at Colonus is a parable-like sermon about the fate and death of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex.
		After years of wandering in exile from Thebes, while attended by his daughters, he comes to the city of Colonus in search of final peace.
		The Gospel at Colonus has elements which appeal to a large and diverse audience.
	newsinfo.iu.edu /news/page/normal/874.html (604 words)

	PLOT OF OEDIPUS AT COLONUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		OEDIPUS AT COLONUS picks up where OEDIPUS REX left off'; Oedipus has left Thebes with Antigone, and the two are wandering the area.
		The once mighty ruler is now just an old, disheveled, blind man. Oedipus and Antigone arrive at Colonus, and are welcomed by the King Theseus, because of a prophecy which has come out about Oedipus - he will bring good fortune to those which help and shelter him.
		OEDIPUS AT COLONUS is also important because it finishes off the part of the Cycle where Oedipus is the focus, and shifts on to the next generation - Antigone.
	sturtevant.com /alex/oplot.htm (211 words)

	Oedipus at Colonus
		Theban cavalry defeat in Colonus, we think, about the time of the play, in 407 BC: in any case, Thebes and Athens are certainly at war at the time the play was written
		it is probable that the citizens of Colonus felt the grave of the hero Oedipus to have been instrumental in protecting them from the Theban enemy
		Theseus, the King of Athens (and Colonus), is the vigorous, honest, pious, courageous, no-nonsense man-of-action
	classics.uc.edu /~johnson/tragedy/oedipus_colonus.html (1053 words)

	Cleveland Museum of Art - Oedipus at Colonus
		The two grieving figures are shown here in the manner of a pietà, the traditional artistic representation of the Virgin Mary mourning the dead body of Christ, who rests on her knees.
		Representing the exile of Oedipus in paintings, dramas, and operas became especially popular in France during this time because it related to the contemporaneous return of French citizens exiled during the Revolution of 1789.
		The story of Oedipus at Colonus first appeared in the tragedy by the ancient Greek writer Sophocles.
	www.clevelandart.org /Explore/departmentWork.asp?qs=0&recNo=388&deptgroup=2 (294 words)

	Oedipus at Colonus. Notes. D. Levine
		SOPHOCLES' OEDIPUS AT COLONUS focuses on sacred space, holy ground, and the power which a hero wields from his tomb.
		Prayers, sacrifice, libation, sanctuary, prophecy, and cursing present themselves in the course of the play, as Oedipus comes to the end of his life, pursued by his enemies and welcomed on Attic soil as a powerful new ally.
		Colonus is beloved of the gods, as Chorus sings at 668ff.
	www.uark.edu /campus-resources/dlevine/OedipusColonus.html (1594 words)

	Oidipus at Colonus
		In Oidipous at Colonus, Sophocles' last play, the aged playwright returned to complete the story of Oidipous, whose downfall he had dramatized some twenty years earlier in Oidipous the King.
		The result was a drama of extraordinary power, in which Oidipous, after years of suffering for his earlier deeds, pleads his own innocence and confronts the array of obstacles that stand between him and the death he craves.
		She has provided translations of Sophocles' Antigone, King Oidipous, Oidipous at Colonus and a collection of the three Sophocles: The Theban Plays.
	www.pullins.com /Books/0065XOidipousColonus.htm (219 words)

	Oedipus at Colonus Notes and Questions
		[Oedipus at Colonus] is Sophocles' answer to the tragedy of life.
		Sophocles wrote Oedipus at Colonus when he was quite old, just as Athens was about to suffer a crushing defeat at the hands of Sparta in the Peloponnesian War.
		Colonus (a suburb or part of Athens) was also Sophocles's hometown.
	faculty.gvsu.edu /websterm/colonus.html (542 words)

	Oedipus at Colonus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		As soon as he enters a town and his identity is known, he is driven out.
		Colonus is a small area outside Athens, a sacred grove of trees that might be considered part of the city of Athens.
		The chorus of Athenian citizens represent public opinion, particularly the fear that almost everyone feels when they meet this man with such a terrifying destiny.
	courses.unt.edu /dvann/oedipus_at_colonus.htm (523 words)

	STAGE: 'COLONUS' MIXES SONGS WITH SOPHOCLES - New York Times
		An unlikely but inspired marriage of Sophocles and gospel songs, ''The Gospel at Colonus'' opened Thursday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music as part of the academy's Next Wave Festival of experimental music, theater and dance events.
		The work is on the crest of that wave, inundating the audience with jubilant music and soulful testimony about the power of redemption.
		When Oedipus is welcomed as an exile in the strange land of Colonus, Martin Jacox, whose voice is a vocal equivalent of a whirling dervish, urges the Original Soul Stirrers into a kind of gospel contest with the Blind Boys of Alabama.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9E02EED91539F931A25752C1A965948260 (690 words)

	CliffsNotes::Oedipus Trilogy:Book Summary and Study Guide
		In Oedipus at Colonus, Sophocles dramatizes the end of the tragic hero’s life and his mythic significance for Athens.
		During the course of the play, Oedipus undergoes a transformation from an abject beggar, banished from his city because of his sins, into a figure of immense power, capable of extending (or withholding) divine blessings.
		Oedipus and Antigone, his daughter and guide, learn they have reached Colonus, a city near Athens, and are standing on ground sacred to the Eumenides (another name for the Furies).
	www.cliffsnotes.com /WileyCDA/LitNote/id-100,pageNum-41.html (348 words)

	The Legendary Soul Stirrers: The Gospel at Colonus
		The Gospel at Colonus re-conceives Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus as parable-like sermons on the ways of fate and particularly on a happy death.
		The Story - After years of wandering with his daughter Antigone, repentant and suffering for the sins he committed in innocence, Oedipus comes to Colonus ("Fair Colonus"), the holy resting place he has been promised for his death.
		At first, the citizens of Colonus turn him away ("Stop Do Not Go On") and interrogate him ("Who Is This Man").
	www.soulstirrers.com /colonus.html (305 words)

	Talkin' Broadway Off-Broadway - The Gospel at Colonus - 10/27/04
		In The Gospel at Colonus, a new production of which just opened at the Apollo Theater, not a single spoken word is capable of generating any locomotion whatsoever, but the cast is brimming with such unstoppable energy that they aren't satisfied until they get every audience member on his or her feet.
		The show based on Sophocles's Oedipus at Colonus, the middle tale in the Greek tragedian's classic triumvirate (the other two, in order, are Oedipus Rex and Antigone), a redemptive examination of the last days of Oedipus's life.
		That song is so named because, we're told, no one should feel sorry about Oedipus's fate; he found his happy ending when he finally received the redemption he sought in life.
	www.talkinbroadway.com /ob/10_27_04.html (795 words)

	Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus
		Oedipus and Antigone arrive at Colonus at the sanctuary of the Eumenides.
		Sophocles was born at Colonus, a hamlet suburb of Athens.
		The association of the King of Thebes with Colonus is probably based on the ancient cult of the Eumenides there.
	classics.uc.edu /~johnson/tragedy/summaries/oedipuscol.html (409 words)

	The Gospel at Colonus - Rotten Tomatoes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for The Gospel at Colonus to receive a rating.
		Based on the Greek tragedy Oedipus at Colonus, here transformed into a striking and poignant series of gospel revelations.
		• The Gospel at Colonus at Rotten Tomatoes
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/gospel_at_colonus (305 words)

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