The Lotus-Eaters, or Responsibility

The Prehistoric settlement of Myrina, on the island of Lemnos, hosts the music and visual performance Lotus-Eaters or Responsibility, on 7 and 8 August 2026, as part of All of Greece, One Culture 2026.

Memory is not merely a repository of events; it is the mechanism through which human beings construct their identity. In the Odyssey, Ithaca constitutes the very condition of human existence—it is both a responsibility and a choice. But what happens when one disavows them?

Composer Lina Zachari collaborates with Elli Paspala, the resident creators of the Kournos Music Festival in Lemnos, as well as local amateur ensembles, for the music-visual performance Lotus-Eaters or Responsibility. An audio and visual gesture that traces the paths of collective memory on our own island of the lotus-eaters, of burden and duty, presented at the seaside settlement of prehistoric Myrina, forty years after it was brought to light.

A key point of reference for the project remains the landmark work TheIsland of the Lotus-Eaters (1990) by Stamos Semsis, based on poetry by Vasilis Nikolaidis, a work indelibly associated with Elli Paspala’s celebrated interpretation. Thirty-five years later, as the urban landscape transforms into an island of disconnection and the island itself increasingly assumes the characteristics of an urban environment, does there still remain space for the transcendent dimension of art as a catalyst for change and transformation?

Source: Official Website – All of Greece, One Culture

Ticket Details

• The performance begins at 21:00 and lasts 60 minutes 
• The event is offered free of charge by the Ministry of Culture
• Advance reservation is required
• Only the entrance fee to the archaeological site (€5) is payable
• For ages 10 and up

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**Please refer to the official website and/or the festival organisers for possible changes in times and dates.**