Oedipus the King
by Sophocles
SUMMER TOUR
The palaces of Thebes are full of supplicants begging King Oedipus
to help the people. The plague that has decimated the city has alarmed
the king himself, who has requested the advice of the oracle at Delphi.
The oracle predicts that the Thebes will be saved as soon as the person
responsible for the death of King Laius is found and expelled from the
city. Oedipus begins an investigation. The deeper he goes, the closer it
brings him to the truth: that he himself, who had saved Thebes from
the scourge of the Sphinx, was now responsible for the moral pollution
of the city. An old prophecy was shown to have been true. However much
he tried to avoid his fate, his every action led him towards it. The
only way open to him now is exile.
SophoclesΆ Oedipus the King,
perhaps the most iconic ancient Greek tragedy, belongs to the Theban
cycle. According to the sources, it was performed for the first time in
425 BCE, during the Peloponnesian War, when plague had decimated the
population of Athens. The work examines the individual in respect of
personal freedom, power, society and divine will,
Directed by Rimas Tuminas
NATIONAL THEATRESUMMER TOUR
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