# Poseidon — Oedipus at Colonus character guide

> Poseidon in Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0002-oedipus-at-colonus

## Who they are

God of the sea, patron deity of Athens invoked by Theseus.

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