LEADER 04022nam 22006011c 450 001 9910822663503321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a1-4725-1972-8 010 $a1-4725-4014-X 010 $a1-4725-1971-X 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472540140 035 $a(CKB)2670000000430320 035 $a(EBL)1426799 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001168474 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11644965 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001168474 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11132857 035 $a(PQKB)10655858 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1426799 035 $a(OCoLC)889194282 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255246 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000430320 100 $a20140929d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSophocles $eOedipus at Colonus /$fAdrian Kelly 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon $cBloomsbury $d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (177 p.) 225 1 $aCompanions to Greek and Roman tragedy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7156-3713-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index 327 $aSophocles and Athens -- Synopsis of the play -- Oedipus myth and the OC -- Oedipal accounts -- Oedipus and the gods -- Athens and Attica -- Characters -- Oedipal receptions. 330 $a"In his final play, Sophocles returns to the ever-popular character of Oedipus, the blind outcast of Thebes, the ultimate symbol of human reversal, whose fall he had so memorably treated in the 'Oedipus Tyrannus'. In this play, Sophocles brings the aged Oedipus to Athens, where he seeks succour and finds refuge, despite the threatening arrival of his kinsman Creon, who tries to tempt and then force the old man back under Theban control. Oedipus' resistance shows a fierceness in no way dimmed by incapacity, but he also refuses to aid his repentant son, Polyneices, in his coming attack on Thebes, manifesting once more the passion and harshness which mark his character so thoroughly. His mysterious death at the end of the play, witnessed only by Theseus himself, seems the sole fitting end for such an exceptional and problematic figure, transforming Oedipus into one of the 'powerful dead' whose beneficence towards Athens heralds a positive future for the city. This useful companion provides background, context, a synopsis and detailed analysis of the play."--Bloomsbury Publishing 330 8 $aIn his final play, Sophocles returns to the ever-popular character of Oedipus, the blind outcast of Thebes, the ultimate symbol of human reversal, whose fall he had so memorably treated in the 'Oedipus Tyrannus'. In this play, Sophocles brings the aged Oedipus to Athens, where he seeks succour and finds refuge, despite the threatening arrival of his kinsman Creon, who tries to tempt and then force the old man back under Theban control. Oedipus' resistance shows a fierceness in no way dimmed by incapacity, but he also refuses to aid his repentant son, Polyneices, in his coming attack on Thebes, manifesting once more the passion and harshness which mark his character so thoroughly. His mysterious death at the end of the play, witnessed only by Theseus himself, seems the sole fitting end for such an exceptional and problematic figure, transforming Oedipus into one of the 'powerful dead' whose beneficence towards Athens heralds a positive future for the city. This useful companion provides background, context, a synopsis and detailed analysis of the play 410 0$aCompanions to Greek and Roman tragedy. 606 $aOedipus (Tale) in literature 606 $2Literary studies: classical, early & medieval 615 0$aOedipus (Tale) in literature. 676 $a880 676 $a882.01 700 $aKelly$b Adrian$f1972-$01659144 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822663503321 996 $aSophocles$94013667 997 $aUNINA