Question

As a man comes to rest on a bronze stairway in this place, a stranger informs him that the stairs are a “threshold” between Athens and Hades. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this grove, which that stranger alleges shares its name with several other holy places once ruled by a namesake horseman. After blinding himself, Oedipus wanders about this place with his daughter in a play’s sequel.
ANSWER: Colonus [accept Oedipus at Colonus]
[10e] This author, who was born in the ancient Athenian suburb of Colonus, referenced it in his play Oedipus at Colonus, the sequel to his tragedy Oedipus Rex.
ANSWER: Sophocles
[10h] In Oedipus at Colonus, the title character rightly believes that one of these events portends his death. After witnessing one of these events, Oedipus tells Theseus that he’ll honor the promises he made for Athens.
ANSWER: thunderstorm
<Darren Petrosino, European Literature>

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