Oedipus at Colonus: the blind Oedipus, attended by Antigone, is visited by Ismene and by Polynices. Engraving by A.A. Morel after A. Giroust.

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Oedipus at Colonus

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Oedipus at Colonus: the blind Oedipus, attended by Antigone, is visited by Ismene and by Polynices. Engraving by A.A. Morel after A. Giroust.