by Sófocles · Editorial Dykinson, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498499353
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«Electra» is Sophocles' Greek tragedy in a bilingual edition (Spanish and Classical Greek), published by Editorial Dykinson in paperback with 202 pages.
A piece of classical Greek theatre designed for aesthetic pleasure, without a thesis to defend. The bilingual edition sets the Greek text against its Spanish translation and allows comparison of this Electra with the versions by Aeschylus and Euripides; it is completed by preliminary studies on its legal dimension and the influence of sophistry.
Translation by Luis Gil Fernández. First edition published on 23 June 2010; it belongs to the Clásicos Dykinson collection, Texts series.
For students and fans of classical literature who want to read Sophocles in a bilingual edition.
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.
