Oedipus at Colonus Oedipus at Colonus Oedipus at Colonus (also Oedipus Coloneus, , "Oidipous epi Kolōnōi") is one of the three Theban plays of the Athenian tragedian Sophocles. It was written shortly before Sophocles' death in 406 BC and produced by his grandson (also called Sophocles) at the Festival of Dionysus in 401 BC. In the timeline of the plays, the events of "Oedipus at Colonus" occur after "Oedipus Rex" and before "Antigone"; however, it was the last of Sophocles' three Theban plays to be written. The play describes the end of Oedipus' tragic life. Legends differ as to the site of Oedipus'
Oedipus Rex Schickele parodies both the story of "Oedipus rex" and the music of Stravinsky's oratorio-opera of the same name in "Oedipus Tex", a Western-themed oratorio purportedly written by P.D.Q. Bach, released in 1990 on the album "Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities". Chrysanthos Mentis Bostantzoglou makes a parody of this tragedy in his comedy "Medea" (1993). In episode ten of the second season of '"CNNNN"', an Australian satirical television program made by The Chaser, a short animation in the style of a Disney movie trailer, complete with jaunty music provided by Andrew Hansen, parodies "Oedipus Rex". Apart from being advertised as