Oedipus at Colonus

A translation of the third in Sophocles' trilogy of plays about the famous king of Thebes and his unhappy family. It dramatises the mysterious death of Oedipus, by which he is transformed into an immortal hero protecting Athens. Translator David Mulroy's introduction and notes deepen the reader's understanding of Oedipus' character and the real political tumult that was shaking Athens at the time that Sophocles wrote the play.