by Sophocle · J'ai Lu · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782277300304
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«Oedipe roi» is the Greek tragedy by Sophocles, published in the Librio Théâtre collection by J'ai Lu in paperback (96 pages, in French).
After consulting the oracle, Oedipus flees the places where he was raised and, on the way, kills a traveller, frees Thebes from the Sphinx and marries the queen. The play shows him afterwards, as king, trying to learn the truth about his past.
Published in 1994, this work is the first part of the series The Theban Plays; the cover indicates «texte intégral».
A common reading in secondary schools, suitable for literature students and readers interested in classical Greek theatre.
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.
