Oedipus at Colonus

Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ

Sophocles496–406 BC

First published 400 BC, written in Ancient Greek

Oedipus at Colonus is the second of the three Theban plays of the Athenian tragedian Sophocles. It was written shortly before Sophocles's death in 406 BC and produced by his grandson at the Festival of Dionysus in 401 BC.