by Sófocles · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788472561175
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«Tragèdies» is the collection of tragedies by Sophocles translated by Carles Riba, published by Curial Clàssics in paperback (208 pages, in Catalan).
The book brings together three tragedies by Sophocles: «Edipo Rey», «Edipo en Colono» and «Antígona». These are works centred on the fate of Oedipus and the struggle of Antigone, presented in Carles Riba's Catalan translation.
It corresponds to volume I of the Curial Clàssics edition, published on 1 October 1993.
For readers of classical theatre and for those who prefer Greek tragedies in Catalan.
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.
