by Sophocle · Libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782013949545
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«Œdipe Roi» is Sophocles' tragedy, published by Hachette Livre in paperback (190 pages, in French).
Oedipus unknowingly fulfils the oracle's prophecy: warned that he will kill his father and marry his mother, he abandons his adoptive parents to prevent it. The play develops Oedipus' confrontation with fate and the progressive discovery of the truth.
Special edition «Bac L 2016-2017» with the complete text and pedagogical apparatus prepared by Marie-Rose Rougier and Sylvie Herbinet. Belongs to the series «The Theban Plays» (position 1).
Edition designed for French Bac L students and for school study of Greek tragedy.
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.
