by Sophocles · Cambridge University Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780521097963
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Sophocles' Electra is one of the greatest tragedies in Greek literature. This edition presents the play as a study in revenge, with a continuous use of dramatic irony. It relates the confrontations of principle and character to the social and political controversies of the period in which Sophocles was writing. The introduction describes the background to the play, explains some of the main features of Sophocles' style, and outlines an interpretation that is fully worked out in the detailed commentary. Includes appendices on metre and the text. This edition is ideal for students and anyone interested in appreciating the play in its original language.
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.
