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Sophocles, Oedipus At Colonus, 668-732


nanStranger, in this land of fine horses you have come to earth’s fairest home, the shining Colonus .


nanStranger, in this land of fine horses you have come to earth’s fairest home, the shining Colonus .


nanHere the nightingale, a constant guest, trills her clear note under the trees of green glades, dwelling amid the wine-dark ivy


nanHere the nightingale, a constant guest, trills her clear note under the trees of green glades, dwelling amid the wine-dark ivy


nanHere the nightingale, a constant guest, trills her clear note under the trees of green glades, dwelling amid the wine-dark ivy


nanHere the nightingale, a constant guest, trills her clear note under the trees of green glades, dwelling amid the wine-dark ivy


nanHere the nightingale, a constant guest, trills her clear note under the trees of green glades, dwelling amid the wine-dark ivy


nanand the god’s inviolate foliage, rich in berries and fruit, unvisited by sun, unvexed by the wind of any storm. Here the reveller Dionysus ever walks the ground


nanand the god’s inviolate foliage, rich in berries and fruit, unvisited by sun, unvexed by the wind of any storm. Here the reveller Dionysus ever walks the ground


nanand the god’s inviolate foliage, rich in berries and fruit, unvisited by sun, unvexed by the wind of any storm. Here the reveller Dionysus ever walks the ground


nanand the god’s inviolate foliage, rich in berries and fruit, unvisited by sun, unvexed by the wind of any storm. Here the reveller Dionysus ever walks the ground


nanand the god’s inviolate foliage, rich in berries and fruit, unvisited by sun, unvexed by the wind of any storm. Here the reveller Dionysus ever walks the ground


nancompanion of the nymphs that nursed him. Choru


nanAnd, fed on heavenly dew, the narcissus blooms day by day with its fair clusters; it is the ancient crown of the Great Goddesses.


nanAnd, fed on heavenly dew, the narcissus blooms day by day with its fair clusters; it is the ancient crown of the Great Goddesses.


nanAnd, fed on heavenly dew, the narcissus blooms day by day with its fair clusters; it is the ancient crown of the Great Goddesses.


nanAnd, fed on heavenly dew, the narcissus blooms day by day with its fair clusters; it is the ancient crown of the Great Goddesses.


nanAnd the crocus blooms with a golden gleam. Nor do the ever-flowing springs diminish, from which the waters of Cephisus wander, and each day with pure


nanAnd the crocus blooms with a golden gleam. Nor do the ever-flowing springs diminish, from which the waters of Cephisus wander, and each day with pure


nanAnd the crocus blooms with a golden gleam. Nor do the ever-flowing springs diminish, from which the waters of Cephisus wander, and each day with pure


nanAnd the crocus blooms with a golden gleam. Nor do the ever-flowing springs diminish, from which the waters of Cephisus wander, and each day with pure


nanAnd the crocus blooms with a golden gleam. Nor do the ever-flowing springs diminish, from which the waters of Cephisus wander, and each day with pure


nancurrent it moves over the plains of the land’s swelling bosom, bringing fertility. Nor have the dancing Muses shunned this place, nor Aphrodite of the golden rein. Choru


nancurrent it moves over the plains of the land’s swelling bosom, bringing fertility. Nor have the dancing Muses shunned this place, nor Aphrodite of the golden rein. Choru


nancurrent it moves over the plains of the land’s swelling bosom, bringing fertility. Nor have the dancing Muses shunned this place, nor Aphrodite of the golden rein. Choru


nancurrent it moves over the plains of the land’s swelling bosom, bringing fertility. Nor have the dancing Muses shunned this place, nor Aphrodite of the golden rein. Choru


nanAnd there is a thing such as I have not heard of on Asian ground


nannor as ever yet born in the great Dorian isle of Pelops: a plant unconquered, self-renewing, causing terror to destroying enemies.


nannor as ever yet born in the great Dorian isle of Pelops: a plant unconquered, self-renewing, causing terror to destroying enemies.


nannor as ever yet born in the great Dorian isle of Pelops: a plant unconquered, self-renewing, causing terror to destroying enemies.


nannor as ever yet born in the great Dorian isle of Pelops: a plant unconquered, self-renewing, causing terror to destroying enemies.


nannor as ever yet born in the great Dorian isle of Pelops: a plant unconquered, self-renewing, causing terror to destroying enemies.


nanIt greatly flourishes in this land—the gray-leafed olive, nurturer of children. Youth cannot harm it by the ravages of his hand, nor can any who lives with old age. For the sleepless eye


nanIt greatly flourishes in this land—the gray-leafed olive, nurturer of children. Youth cannot harm it by the ravages of his hand, nor can any who lives with old age. For the sleepless eye


nanIt greatly flourishes in this land—the gray-leafed olive, nurturer of children. Youth cannot harm it by the ravages of his hand, nor can any who lives with old age. For the sleepless eye


nanIt greatly flourishes in this land—the gray-leafed olive, nurturer of children. Youth cannot harm it by the ravages of his hand, nor can any who lives with old age. For the sleepless eye


nanIt greatly flourishes in this land—the gray-leafed olive, nurturer of children. Youth cannot harm it by the ravages of his hand, nor can any who lives with old age. For the sleepless eye


nanof Zeus Morios watches over it, and gray-eyed Athena. Choru


nanof Zeus Morios watches over it, and gray-eyed Athena. Choru


nanAnd I have more praise for this city our mother


nanAnd I have more praise for this city our mother


nanAnd I have more praise for this city our mother


nanthe gift of a great divinity, a glory most great: the might of horses, the might of colts, and the might of the sea. For you, son of Cronus, lord Poseidon, have set her on the throne of this pride


nanthe gift of a great divinity, a glory most great: the might of horses, the might of colts, and the might of the sea. For you, son of Cronus, lord Poseidon, have set her on the throne of this pride


nanthe gift of a great divinity, a glory most great: the might of horses, the might of colts, and the might of the sea. For you, son of Cronus, lord Poseidon, have set her on the throne of this pride


nanthe gift of a great divinity, a glory most great: the might of horses, the might of colts, and the might of the sea. For you, son of Cronus, lord Poseidon, have set her on the throne of this pride


nanthe gift of a great divinity, a glory most great: the might of horses, the might of colts, and the might of the sea. For you, son of Cronus, lord Poseidon, have set her on the throne of this pride


nanby establishing first in our roads the bit that cures the rage of horses. And the shapely oar, well-fitted for the sea, in flying past the land leaps to follow the hundred-footed Nereids. Antigone


nanby establishing first in our roads the bit that cures the rage of horses. And the shapely oar, well-fitted for the sea, in flying past the land leaps to follow the hundred-footed Nereids. Antigone


nanby establishing first in our roads the bit that cures the rage of horses. And the shapely oar, well-fitted for the sea, in flying past the land leaps to follow the hundred-footed Nereids. Antigone


nanby establishing first in our roads the bit that cures the rage of horses. And the shapely oar, well-fitted for the sea, in flying past the land leaps to follow the hundred-footed Nereids. Antigone


nanby establishing first in our roads the bit that cures the rage of horses. And the shapely oar, well-fitted for the sea, in flying past the land leaps to follow the hundred-footed Nereids. Antigone


nanLand that is praised above all lands, now it is your task to make those bright praises seen in deeds! Oedipu


nanLand that is praised above all lands, now it is your task to make those bright praises seen in deeds! Oedipu


nanLand that is praised above all lands, now it is your task to make those bright praises seen in deeds! Oedipu


nanLand that is praised above all lands, now it is your task to make those bright praises seen in deeds! Oedipu


nanAh, dearest old men, now give me


nanthe final proof of my salvation! Choru


nanCourage! It will be yours. For even if I am aged, this country’s strength has not grown old. Enter Creon, with attendants. Creon


nanCourage! It will be yours. For even if I am aged, this country’s strength has not grown old. Enter Creon, with attendants. Creon


nanGentlemen, noble dwellers in this land, I see from your eyes that a sudden fear has troubled you at my coming;


nanGentlemen, noble dwellers in this land, I see from your eyes that a sudden fear has troubled you at my coming;


nanbut do not shrink back from me, and let no evil word escape you. I am here with no thought of force; I am old, and I know that the city to which I have come is mighty, if any in Hellas has might.


nanbut do not shrink back from me, and let no evil word escape you. I am here with no thought of force; I am old, and I know that the city to which I have come is mighty, if any in Hellas has might.


nanbut do not shrink back from me, and let no evil word escape you. I am here with no thought of force; I am old, and I know that the city to which I have come is mighty, if any in Hellas has might.


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

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298. παρθένοι ὀμβροφόροι
2. Aristophanes, Frogs, 78 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

78. οὐ πρίν γ' ἂν ̓Ιοφῶντ', ἀπολαβὼν αὐτὸν μόνον
3. Aristophanes, The Women Celebrating The Thesmophoria, 947-1000 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

1000. εὐπέταλος ἕλικι θάλλει.
4. Sophocles, Oedipus At Colonus, 1001-1043, 1524-1525, 1533-1534, 487, 510-511, 521-548, 551-651, 654, 657-667, 669-1000 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

5. Sophocles, Philoctetes, 1327-1328, 192-194, 1326 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

6. Cicero, On Old Age, 22 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

7. Apuleius, Apology, 37 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
acropolis, the Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 20
aeschylus, and sophocles Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 98
aeschylus Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 20
agis Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 98
alcibiades Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 98
amphiaraus (prophet) Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 445
antigone Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 169, 401
athena, titles of hippia Parker, Polytheism and Society at Athens (2005) 389
athena Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 169, 401
athena and poseidon Parker, Polytheism and Society at Athens (2005) 389
athens, athenian Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
athens Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 401
attica, attic Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
audience, theatre Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 169
biographers (of sophocles) Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 20
choral performance Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 401
chorus χορός, choral Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
chryse Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 445
cold Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 272
colonus (kolonos hippeios), and oedipus Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 98
comedy Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
creon Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 169
cyclades Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 20
dance, dancing, choral Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
dance, dancing Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
death, of euripides Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 98
death, of sophocles Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 98
decelea, fort of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 98
demeter Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 401
dionysos, dionysos bromios Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
dionysos Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
education (and paideia) Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 21
eleusis, eleusinian Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
episodes, of oedipus at colonus (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 522
eumenides Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 401
euripides, vs. sophocles Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 98
euripides Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 20
eurydice Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 401
exile Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 272
fairweather, j.a. Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 20
female Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
festival, festivity, festive Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
fleet, athenian Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 98
great dionysia, city dionysia Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
gregorian calendar Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 20
hades Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 445
hero, sophoclean Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 445
hero-cult Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 445
hero Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
initiation, initiatory rites Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
iophon, as sophocles son Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 660
ismene Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 169, 401
ithyphallos, ithyphallic Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
jacoby, f. Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 20
lacedaemonians, vs. athens Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 98
lysander, as navarch Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 98
mania μανία, maniacal Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
mnesilochus Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
mountains Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
mystic, mystical Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
myth, mythical Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
oedipus Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 522
oedipus at colonus (sophocles), and boeotians Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 98
oedipus at colonus (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 522
parian marble (marmor parium) Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 20
paros Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 20
performance Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
persephone Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 401
persians, the Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 20
philocleon Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
philoctetes Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 445
polyneices Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 169
polytheism structuralist approach Parker, Polytheism and Society at Athens (2005) 389
poseidon, titles and cult places hippios Parker, Polytheism and Society at Athens (2005) 389
poseidon Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 20, 169, 401, 445
procession Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
samos Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 98
satyr drama, satyr-play Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
socrates Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 20
sons, of sophocles Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 660
sophocles, son of iophon Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 660
stasima, of oedipus at colonus (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 522
structuralism Parker, Polytheism and Society at Athens (2005) 389
structure, of oedipus at colonus (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 522
theater, theatrical Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
thesmophoria Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
thiasos θίασος Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
thucydides Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 21
tragedy, tragic Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
trial, of sophocles Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 660
woman' Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 381
zeus Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 401