by Sófocles · SIGNATURA EDICIONES · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788495122513
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«Electra» is the Greek tragedy by Sophocles, published by Signatura Ediciones in paperback (108 pages, in Spanish).
Electra, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, awaits the return of her brother Orestes to avenge the death of her father, murdered by her mother and by Aegisthus, her mother's lover. In this tragedy, Sophocles explores vengeance, justice and honour, as well as the suffering of one caught between loyalty and the desire for reparation.
Edition published in 2003 with translation and notes by Mariano Benavente.
For readers interested in classical Greek theatre and the texts of ancient literature.
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.
