by Sofocles · Ediciones Clasicas · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788478828302
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Considered by Aristotle as the most perfect of the Greek tragedies, 'Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles is a drama of revelation that explores the search for the truth hidden behind appearances. The play narrates how a plague devastates Thebes and Oedipus, upon consulting the oracle of Delphi, discovers that the solution lies in avenging the death of the previous monarch, Laius. Through a masterful tragic irony, the story reveals Oedipus's rise to the throne and the discovery of his parricide and marriage to his own mother.
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.
