Sophocles was a Greek playwright who lived during the 5th century b.c. The Oedipus Cycle is one of his most famous works; the trilogy of plays traces the ill-fated life of a noble blooded man and his descendants. Oedipus at Colonus is the second installment of the set. The play opens with Oedipus in a state of exile from his homeland of Thebes. At this point in his life Oedipus is blind due to …showed first 75 words of 1043 total…

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