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 background of this transformation stands the grove of
the Furies, the sacred place of the implacable goddesses who pursue
the violators of blood relationships. Although Oedipus, who killed
his father and married his mother, is an obvious target of the
Furies' vengeance, he enters their grove at the beginning of the
play, sure that it is the resting place Apollo has predicted for
him. The reversals and paradoxes in the play speak to the struggle
that Oedipus' life and the action of the play bring vividly before
us: how do we as humans, subject to constant change, find stable
ground on which to stand and define our moral lives? Sophocles
offers his play as a witness to the remarkable human capacity to
persevere in this struggle.
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