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Oedipus at Colonus Summary (241 words) |
 | 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 |
| Greek Travelogue - Colonus (7791 words) |
| 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. |
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