The sources of Oedipus at Colonus
Where Oedipus at Colonus names another work or author, the harvest records the passage that does it and the chapter that passage stands in. 7 citations across 1 chapter, drawn from 7 named sources; 0 of those sources stand in the library. 1 work in the library quotes it back.
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7 sourcesEach stands at a single passage. The chapter carries the anchors.
- oedipus at colonus 7 sources
- Delphic oracle about Thebes desiring Oedipus · Older prophecies remembered by Oedipus · Oracle of Apollo concerning Oedipus' final resting place · oracle concerning Laius' death · oracles about Oedipus' alliance · rumor about the Watcher of Hades · soothsayers' interpretation of the curse on Oedipus' house
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On Moral Ends Cicero, Marcus Tullius 1 neutral 1 citation
Quintus explicitly recalls the scene of Oedipus arriving at Colonus and 'asking in that most tender song what these very places were,' referring to Sophocles's play.
Indeed a certain vision moved me toward the deeper memory of Oedipus coming hither, and asking in that most tender song what these very places were — vainly, of course, but yet it moved me.
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