by Sófocles · La Magrana · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788474109139
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«Edip rei» is Sophocles' tragedy published by La Magrana in paperback (112 pages, in Catalan).
Èdip becomes king of Thebes after defeating the Sphinx and marrying Iocasta, widow of King Laios, without knowing that he has killed his father and married his mother. A plague afflicts the city, and Èdip consults the oracle of Apollo and the seer Tirèsias to discover the cause, which turns out to be the need to avenge the death of Laios.
This edition includes an introduction, translation, and notes by Joan Castellanos Vila and belongs to the L'Esparver Clàssic collection, within the Clàssics Grècia i Roma series (volume 22).
Recommended for readers interested in Greek tragedy and classical literature, as well as for students of Catalan.
Sophocles was an ancient Greek tragedian, one of three from whom at least two plays have survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus and earlier than, or contemporary with, those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote more than 120 plays, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus. For almost 50 years, Sophocles was the most celebrated playwright in the dramatic competitions of the city-state of Athens, which took place during the religious festivals of the Lenaea and the Dionysia. He competed in 30 competitions, won 24, and was never judged lower than second place. Aeschylus won 13 competitions and was sometimes beaten by Sophocles; Euripides won four.
