by Sophocles · Philipp Reclam jun. Verlag GmbH · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783150006306
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«König Ödipus» is the Greek tragedy by Sophocles, published by Philipp Reclam jun. in paperback (80 pages, in German).
Oedipus, king of Thebes, consults the oracle to free his city from a plague and sets out to find the murderer of the previous monarch; his investigations lead him to a truth about his own origins. The play reflects on fate, freedom, and the limits of human knowledge.
It is part of Sophocles' Theban plays and is number 630 in Reclams Universal-Bibliothek.
Recommended for literature students and readers interested in classical theater and Greek 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.
