by Sófocles · tapa dura · ISBN 9788440211187
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«Edipo Rey» is the Greek tragedy by Sófocles, published by Orbis in hardback and in Spanish.
Oedipus reigns in Thebes while a plague ravages the city. To put an end to it, he consults the oracle and sets out to find the person responsible for the death of the former king, Laius. The investigation leads him to reconstruct his own past and to confront an unsettling truth, in a plot that challenges fate, the will of the gods, and human freedom.
Edition published in 1991 by Orbis-Fabbri, in the Literatura collection.
Recommended for humanities students and for readers interested in classical Greek theatre.
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.
