Οιδίπους επί Κολωνώ

An aging Oedipus, blind and shunned from his native Thebes, arrives at the outskirts of Athens, guided by his devoted daughter Antigone. The weary travelers are met by a chorus of Athenian elders, whose curious murmurs set the stage for a tense encounter between the famed exile and the city’s citizens. As the chorus debates how to receive this once‑great king, Oedipus clings to a lingering prophecy that promises a final resting place near the sacred shrine of the gods.

The drama unfolds amid the solemn backdrop of the Kolonos hill, where strangers and locals grapple with questions of fate, justice, and hospitality. Antigone’s fierce loyalty and Oedipus’s lingering pride create a delicate balance between hope for refuge and the fear of past sins resurfacing. Listeners are drawn into the emotional tug‑of‑war between a man seeking peace and a community wary of the shadow that his legend casts.