In Sophocles’ tragedy Oedipus at Colonus (c. 406 B.C.), the blinded Oedipus wanders by accident into the sacred grove of the furies at Colonus in Attica, about a mile northwest of Athens.
Where is Colonus and what was Oedipus doing there?
by Pamela Landy · Filed Under: Literature
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