Colonus is the place where Oedipus and his daughter stop to rest in "Oedipus at Colonus" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, disgraced former Theban King Oedipus is in exile from his hometown of Thebes. His daughters, the Princesses Antigone and Ismene, keep him company, because they want to and because Oedipus is blind. The news of Oedipus' downfall precede the trio and therefore make them unwelcome. But they stay in Colonus, because Oedipus remembers the prophecy that a place sacred to the Furies will be his death place and Colonus is that place.

That he recognizes it as his place of death is what happens when Oedipus arrives at Colonus in "Oedipus at Colonus" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Oedipus arrives at Colonus just outside Athens. He attempts to rest in a grove that is sacred to the Furies of fate. Area residents make an effort to shoo away the disgraced Theban king. But Oedipus recalls the one positive part of a three part prophecy: he will die a special death in a place sacred to the Furies, his death will bring luck to the area and its people.