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Sophocles, Oedipus At Colonus, 88-95


nanthe first in this land at which I have bent my knee, show yourselves not ungracious to Phoebus or to myself; who, when he proclaimed that doom of many woes, spoke to me of this rest after long years: on reaching my goal in a land where I should find a seat of the Awful Goddesse


nanthe first in this land at which I have bent my knee, show yourselves not ungracious to Phoebus or to myself; who, when he proclaimed that doom of many woes, spoke to me of this rest after long years: on reaching my goal in a land where I should find a seat of the Awful Goddesse


nanand a shelter for foreigners, there I should close my weary life, with profit, through my having fixed my abode there, for those who received me, but ruin for those who sent me forth, who drove me away. And he went on to warn me that signs of these things would come


nanand a shelter for foreigners, there I should close my weary life, with profit, through my having fixed my abode there, for those who received me, but ruin for those who sent me forth, who drove me away. And he went on to warn me that signs of these things would come


nanand a shelter for foreigners, there I should close my weary life, with profit, through my having fixed my abode there, for those who received me, but ruin for those who sent me forth, who drove me away. And he went on to warn me that signs of these things would come


nanand a shelter for foreigners, there I should close my weary life, with profit, through my having fixed my abode there, for those who received me, but ruin for those who sent me forth, who drove me away. And he went on to warn me that signs of these things would come


nanand a shelter for foreigners, there I should close my weary life, with profit, through my having fixed my abode there, for those who received me, but ruin for those who sent me forth, who drove me away. And he went on to warn me that signs of these things would come


nanin earthquake, or in thunder, or in the lightning of Zeus. Now I perceive that in this journey some trusty omen from you has surely led me home to this grove; never otherwise could I have met with you, first of all, in my wanderings—I, in my sobriety, with you who touch no wine


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1. Aeschylus, Libation-Bearers, 1075-1076, 1074 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1074. ἢ μόρον εἴπω;
2. Sophocles, Oedipus At Colonus, 101-112, 1145, 1156-1180, 119, 12, 122-125, 1254-1259, 126, 1260-1396, 145, 155-156, 171, 208, 226, 229-253, 273, 275-278, 287-288, 297-298, 3, 38, 387-388, 39, 392, 394, 396-397, 40-41, 411, 42-45, 452-454, 46-55, 551-559, 56, 560-569, 57, 570-579, 58, 580-589, 59, 590-599, 60, 600-609, 61, 610-619, 62, 620-629, 63, 630-639, 64, 640-649, 65-84, 847, 85-87, 89-100 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

3. Sophocles, Oedipus The King, 1367, 1473-1477, 1508-1510, 789-793, 1366 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
actors Jouanna (2018) 519
anacolouthon Budelmann (1999) 49
antigone,and oedipus Jouanna (2018) 147
antigone (antigone) Sommerstein and Torrance (2014) 101
betrayal,and tragic discovery Jouanna (2018) 449
bow,of heracles Jouanna (2018) 449
characters,of oedipus at colonus (sophocles) Jouanna (2018) 519
cithaeron Bierl (2017) 151
colonus (kolonos hippeios),and oedipus Jouanna (2018) 147
corinth Bierl (2017) 151
creon,and oedipus Jouanna (2018) 386
creon Bierl (2017) 151
death,of oedipus Jouanna (2018) 147
death Bierl (2017) 151
deception,and tragic discovery Jouanna (2018) 449
delphi,in myth Jouanna (2018) 147
demotes Jouanna (2018) 520
destiny,of oedipus Jouanna (2018) 386, 449, 450
discovery,and tragic reversal Jouanna (2018) 449, 450
divine (δίκη),in context of supplication Peels (2016) 131
emotions,of philoctetes Jouanna (2018) 449
erinyes Sommerstein and Torrance (2014) 101
eumenides,and oedipus Jouanna (2018) 147, 386
eumenides Jouanna (2018) 449, 450
euripides,on oedipuss death Jouanna (2018) 147
eusebês (and cognates),usage,in context of supplication Peels (2016) 131
general parodos,of oedipus at colonus (sophocles) Jouanna (2018) 520
general signs,and oracles Jouanna (2018) 450
gods,and humans Jouanna (2018) 386
groups,complement transferred from one to another Budelmann (1999) 49
heracles,and philoctetes Jouanna (2018) 449
hosios (and cognates),in context of supplication Peels (2016) 131
humans,and the gods Jouanna (2018) 386
hyperbaton Budelmann (1999) 49
incest Bierl (2017) 151
ismene,and the oracle Jouanna (2018) 386
ismene Sommerstein and Torrance (2014) 101
jocasta (epicaste),and delphi Jouanna (2018) 147
justice,divine Jouanna (2018) 386
knowledge,of the spectators Jouanna (2018) 449
libation bearers,the (aeschylus),and electra Jouanna (2018) 744
misfortunes,of oedipus Jouanna (2018) 386, 450, 744
myths,and sophocles Jouanna (2018) 147
nessus Jouanna (2018) 450
obstacles,to prophecy Jouanna (2018) 386
oedipus,and delphi Jouanna (2018) 147
oedipus,and the oracle Jouanna (2018) 386
oedipus,and tragic discovery Jouanna (2018) 449, 450
oedipus Bierl (2017) 151; Jouanna (2018) 519, 520
oedipus at colonus (sophocles),and delphi Jouanna (2018) 147
oedipus at colonus (sophocles),and discovery Jouanna (2018) 449, 450
oedipus at colonus (sophocles),and the oracle Jouanna (2018) 386
oedipus at colonus (sophocles) Jouanna (2018) 519, 520
oedipus the king (sophocles),and oedipus at colonus (sophocles) Jouanna (2018) 520
oedipus the king (sophocles),and the oracle Jouanna (2018) 386
oedipus the king (sophocles),and tragic discovery Jouanna (2018) 449, 450
oracle,and tragic discovery Jouanna (2018) 449, 450
oracle,as destroying vs. as saving Jouanna (2018) 386
oracle,old and new Jouanna (2018) 744
philoctetes (sophocles),and tragic discovery Jouanna (2018) 449
philter,from deianira Jouanna (2018) 450
phoenician women (euripides),and oedipuss death Jouanna (2018) 147
polyneices Sommerstein and Torrance (2014) 101
prayer,of oedipus Jouanna (2018) 449, 450
prologue,of oedipus at colonus (sophocles) Jouanna (2018) 519, 520
psychoanalysis,and sophocles works Jouanna (2018) 744
re-enactment Bierl (2017) 151
resentment,of philoctetes Jouanna (2018) 449
reversal,tragic Jouanna (2018) 449, 450
sanctuary,of the eumenides Jouanna (2018) 449, 450
sentences,change direction Budelmann (1999) 49
setting,of oedipus at colonus (sophocles) Jouanna (2018) 519
sophoclean language,clarity Budelmann (1999) 49
sophoclean unlike gorgianic,unpredictable yet clear Budelmann (1999) 49
space,and oedipus at colonus (sophocles) Jouanna (2018) 519, 520
spectators,and tragic discovery Jouanna (2018) 449
sphinx Bierl (2017) 151
structure,of oedipus at colonus (sophocles) Jouanna (2018) 519, 520
thebes Bierl (2017) 151
theseus,oaths sworn by' Sommerstein and Torrance (2014) 101
theseus Bierl (2017) 151
topic Budelmann (1999) 49
troy,and philoctetes Jouanna (2018) 449
wives Bierl (2017) 151
women of trachis,the (sophocles),and tragic discovery Jouanna (2018) 450
zeus,and oedipus Jouanna (2018) 386