by Sophocle · Larousse · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782035915085
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«Œdipe roi» is Sophocles' tragedy, published by Larousse in paperback (96 pages, in French).
Oedipus has come to the throne of Thebes after solving the riddle of the Sphinx. When a plague sent by Apollo punishes the city, the oracle reveals that the evil will only cease if the murderer of the previous king, Laius, is punished. The investigation he undertakes to save his people leads him to a terrible discovery about his identity and his past.
First instalment of Sophocles' Theban plays, in the Petits Classiques collection from Larousse, with complete text, translation by Paul Masqueray and preface by Florence Renner.
School edition aligned with the French curriculum, for students of French and readers of classical Greek theatre in the original version.
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.
