by Sófocles · ISBN 9788403170360
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«Edipo Rey» is the Greek tragedy by Sophocles, published by Aguilar in 1974 (124 pages, in Spanish).
The play focuses on Oedipus, ruler of Thebes, and on the truth he discovers about his own past: a secret that calls into question who he is and what he has done unknowingly. Sophocles turns that revelation into the core of a tragedy about fate, guilt, and the limits of human knowledge, ending with a punishment Oedipus inflicts on himself.
Translation by Francisco Rodríguez Adrados.
For those who enjoy Greek classics and stories of tragic fate.
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.
