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by Sophocles
Tragedy Greek Drama Fate vs. Free Will Guilt and Punishment The Search for Identity The Power of the State Family
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WHY READ OEDIPUS AT COLONUS IN 2025?
2426 years later, still timelyAn exiled king seeks sanctuary and a final place to stand. The play is a meditation on dignity, forgiveness, and what a city owes the vulnerable. Less riddle than benediction, it closes a life with clarity and weight.
Care for elders, sanctuary policies, and civic honor are active debates. This tragedy gives language to responsibility without spectacle.
Dignity and care
Aging seen with respect.
Civic duty
Hospitality as justice.
Grave beauty
Solemn, spare, humane.
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About Sophocles
Tragedy with clear ethics; fate choice and speech tested in public.
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