Oedipus at Colonus: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Oedipus at Colonus, credited to Sophocles, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles, translated by Francis Storr. This is the second installment in Sophocles's Theban Plays that chronicles the tragic fates of Oedipus and his family. After fulfilling the prophecy that predicted he would kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus blinds himself and leaves Thebes, to wander in the wilderness accompanied by his daughters Antigone and Ismene. Cast: Oedipus: Andy Minter Antigone: Elizabeth Klett Ismene: Arielle Lipshaw Theseus: Mark F. Smith Creon: Bruce Pirie Polyneices: David Goldfarb Stranger: Lucy Perry Messenger: Martin Geeson Chorus: Lars Rolander Narrator: David Lawrence Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett

Recording facts

• Recording title: Oedipus at Colonus
• Author credits: Sophocles
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 2
• Listed recording duration: 1:36:06

Catalogue topics

• audio
• drama
• oedipus
• sophocles

Track guide

1. 1 - Part 1 — 38:53
2. 2 - Part 2 — 57:15

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