A soaring new translation of Sophocles' final masterpiece in
which blind and homeless Oedipus reclaims his stature as Athenian
drama's greatest hero
Produced after his death, Oedipus at Kolonos is Sophocles' final
play and the last play in the Oedipus cycle. In it he explores anew
the meaning of guilt and innocence, family loyalty and love,
Athens' greatness, a hero's value after death, and the power of
inscrutable gods to enhance all aspects of human life, including a
hero's dying moments.
Oedipus finds his way, guided by his daughter Antigone, to the
grove of the Furies near Athens, where Apollo has promised he will
meet an extraordinary fate. As war brews in Thebes between his two
sons, King Theseus befriends and welcomes Oedipus to Athens.
Suddenly his daughter Ismene arrives with alarming news: the
Thebans plan to abduct him. Treacherous Kreon tries just that. Then
his desperate son Polyneikes, who earlier betrayed his father, begs
Oedipus to bless him so he may defeat his brother and recapture
Thebes. Oedipus and Theseus repulse both villains. The voice of
Zeus then resoundingly summons Oedipus into the Furies' grove to
meet his gentle and mysterious death, described by Sophocles in
soaring and uncanny poetry.
This compelling new translation by Robert Bagg, modern in idiom
while faithful to the original, brings Sophocles to a new
generation.
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