# Oedipus at Colonus — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles.

- [Dramatis Personae](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/oedipus_at_colonus_se/chapters/dramatis-personae.md): This chapter lists the characters of the play, including Oedipus, his daughters Antigone and Ismene, King Theseus of Athens, Creon, Polyneices, a Stranger, a Messenger, and the Chorus, setting the stage for the tragedy a
- [Oedipus at Colonus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/oedipus_at_colonus_se/chapters/oedipus-at-colonus.md): Oedipus at Colonus — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/oedipus_at_colonus_se/chapters/endnotes.md): This chapter provides endnotes clarifying textual gaps, interpretive nuances, and background details regarding Creon's motives, Ismene's report of an oracle, and references to Theban mythology.

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