He later returned to the character in "Oedipus at Colonus."

A colonus was a type of Roman peasant farmer, a serf.

The site of the Academy was located near Colonus.

In Oedipus at Colonus the optimism is raised to a religious plane.

He spent his childhood in Colonus and later in Patisia.

Otherwise, he would be like Oedipus at Colonus, old and blind, with only a loyal daughter to look after him.

The last musical to play there was "The Gospel at Colonus," a year ago.

In Oedipus at Colonus, the chorus repeats "not to be born is best."

The tenant farmers were known as coloni (singular: colonus).

Renamed "Gospel at Colonus," it takes place in a black Pentecostal church.

"The Gospel at Colonus" brought him a prominence beyond the gospel circuit.

For the collaborative team, "The Gospel at Colonus" approaches apotheosis.

"Oedipus at Colonus" was Sophocles' last play, written when he was about 90.

Sophocles' "Oedipus at Colonus" also provides a compelling story.

She is currently writing a commentary on Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus.

He asks Oedipus to come back from Colonus to bless his son, Eteocles.

And Oedipus doesn't travel to Colonus, either.

However, Oedipus died at Colonus, and the presence of his grave there was said to bring good fortune to Athens.

The rest of "The Gospel at Colonus" attempts other forms of cultural fusion but with far less grace.

"The Gospel at Colonus" is the first gospel show with a truly innovative idea at its core.

There is enough plot in "Oedipus at Colonus" to fill a couple of years of a television soap opera.

Nebel created a plaque of Oedipus Rex at Colonus.

Led by Antigone, Oedipus enters the village of Colonus and sits down on a stone.

Sophocles' "Oedipus at Colonus" traces the final days of the aged, sightless king.

Recorded live, "The Gospel at Colonus" lacks the polish and scrupulous textures of the earlier album.