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«Áyax. Las Traquinias. Antígona. Edipo rey» is the volume of Sophocles' tragedies, published by Alianza in paperback (320 pages, in Spanish).
This volume brings together four tragedies by Sophocles: Ajax, The Trachiniae, Antigone and Oedipus Rex. In them, Sophocles addresses the position of the human being in the face of destiny and the order of the universe, with heroes far removed both from the aristocratic archetype and from the sophist ideal that makes man the center of everything.
It belongs to the El Libro de Bolsillo collection, Biblioteca de Clásicos de Grecia y Roma (no. 8214), with translation and prologue by José María Lucas de Dios.
Suitable for readers of classical theater, Greek tragedy and ancient literature, as well as for those approaching Sophocles for the first time.
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.
