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by Sófocles · MESTAS Ediciones, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788416775583
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ISBN: 9788416775583
Edipo Rey es una de las tragedias más emblemáticas de Sófocles, considerada por Aristóteles como una de las estructuras dramáticas más perfectas de la literatura clásica. La obra explora temas profundos como el incesto, el parricidio y la lucha del ser humano contra un destino trágico e ineludible. A través de la figura de Edipo, rey de Tebas, el autor nos presenta a un protagonista noble que, a pesar de sus buenas intenciones, se ve arrastrado por fuerzas oscuras hacia un desenlace catastrófico, planteando interrogantes sobre la responsabilidad individual frente a las circunstancias impuestas por el destino. Esta edición, publicada por Mestas Ediciones dentro de su colección 'Selección clásicos universales', ofrece una cuidada traducción al español. Con un formato manejable y una extensión de 96 páginas, es una obra fundamental para cualquier lector interesado en el teatro griego y la literatura universal, permitiendo acercarse a la esencia del alma trágica de una manera accesible y rigurosa.

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.