by Sófocles · Gredos · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788424926397
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«Edipo Rey» is the Greek tragedy by Sophocles, published by Gredos in hardcover (160 pages, in Spanish).
Oedipus, king of Thebes, faces a plague afflicting the city; the oracle of Delphi reveals that the remedy requires clarifying the death of the previous monarch, Laius. His investigation uncovers an ancient crime and triggers a tragedy about identity and chance, until the final discovery of his origins and his fate.
It belongs to Sophocles' cycle of Theban tragedies and to the Textos Clásicos Gredos collection.
Recommended for students of classical literature and readers interested in Greek theater and mythology.
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.
