colonus in a sentence

Examples

1. Posters and photographs show Trojan women, the citizens of Colonus, Antigone and Medea variously reincarnated as European exiles, gospel singers and earnest political rebels.
2. "Street Smart " ) and triple Obie winner ( " Daisy " off-Broadway, " Gospel at Colonus,"
3. His daughter Antigone acted as his guide as he wandered through the country, finally dying at Colonus where they had been welcomed by King Theseus of Athens.
4. Act IV overlaps in plot with " Oedipus at Colonus ", though with divergent psychological treatment of Oedipus'final days compared to the original.
5. Sophocles replied to this charge by reading the chorus of the " Oedipus at Colonus " ( 688 ff . ), which he was currently writing.
6. Originally, a colonus was a mutual relationship in which a landowner allowed a tenant use of their land, in return for a portion of the farmed crops.
7. They had to perform tasks on the estate, till and farm the land, perform the work that a colonus would perform, and remain on the estate.
8. She had one request : a pass from the hospital to see " The Gospel at Colonus, " the same play I planned to see that night.
9. In " Oedipus at Colonus ", the banished Oedipus and his daughter Antigone arrive at the town of Colonus where they encounter Theseus, King of Athens.
10. In " Oedipus at Colonus ", the banished Oedipus and his daughter Antigone arrive at the town of Colonus where they encounter Theseus, King of Athens.