Oedipus at Colonus

In classical Greek history/philosophy, Colonus was a small village near Athens, and near to the site of Plato's famous Academy. It was also where the Greek playright Sophocles was born, and according to Sophocles, it was the location where the mythological character of Oedipus was born.

The above painting was painted by Fulchran-Jean Harriet in 1798.

The painting below was painted by Jean-Antoine-Theodore Giroust in 1788: