by Sófocles · Ediciones Cátedra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437605074
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«Tragedias completas» is the collection of Sophocles' seven tragedies, published by Ediciones Cátedra in hardcover (464 pages, in Spanish).
Sophocles (496-406 BC), one of the great authors of classical Greek theater, reformed tragedy by giving greater prominence to characters and reducing the weight of the chorus. Of his extensive dramatic output, only seven works have survived to this day, including Antigone, Oedipus Rex and Electra, which are collected in this volume.
Edition and translation by José Vara Donado. Thirteenth edition in the Letras Universales collection from Cátedra.
Aimed at readers and students interested in classical theater and ancient Greek literature.
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.
