by Sophocle · Hatier · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782218994999
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«Œdipe roi» is Sophocles' tragedy, published by Hatier in paperback (156 pages, in French).
After the plague ravaging Thebes, Oedipus investigates the origin of the divine punishment to save his people. In this foundational work of the tragic genre, Sophocles shows a king confronted with the truth about his own past and a destiny that seems inescapable.
School edition with the complete text, stills from Pasolini's film and material for the French BAC (L 2015-2017). First part of the series The Theban Plays.
Aimed at high school students and those wishing to approach Greek classics in French.
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.
