Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus (Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy)

by Adrian Kelly (Author)

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  Paperback
  2009

  $32.16

  Sophocles brings the aged Oedipus to Athens, where he seeks succour and finds refuge, despite the threatening arrival of his kinsman Creon, who tries to tempt and then force the old man back under Theban control. Oedipus' resistance shows a fierceness in no way dimmed by incapacity, but he also refuses to aid his repentant son, Polyneices.