Ideal para quem deseja se familiarizar com o teatro clássico, esse livro reúne os seus autores mais importantes - Ésquilo, Sófocles, Eurípides e Aristófanes -, representados por quatro peças que estão na base da cultura ocidental: as tragédias Prometeu acorrentado, Édipo rei e Medeia e a comédia As nuvens. A tradução, diretamente do grego, foi feita pelo renomado Mário da Gama Kury. Esse volume da coleção Clássicos Zahar oferece ainda um vasto material de apoio, que facilitará a leitura mesmo daqueles que nunca tiveram contato com as grandes peças teatrais, como textos introdutórios, glossário, resumo da ação em cada peça, perfis dos personagens e mais de 190 notas.
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Aristophanes (Greek: Αριστοφάνης; c. 446 BCE – c. 386 BCE) was a playwright of ancient Athens. About 11 of his works are known in full, and they are the only plays of the "Old Comedy" style to have survived. They are The Acharnians, The Birds, The Clouds, The Ecclesiazusae, The Frogs, The Knights, Peace, Plutus (Wealth), The Thesmophoriazusae, and The Wasps. These plays have been translated into many languages and continue to be staged or adapted for theatrical productions. Aristophanes satirized the political and social issues of 5th-century-BC Athens, such as the ongoing Peloponnesian War, the structure of the city-state, the role of women in public life, and the influence of philosophers (notably Socrates) in shaping public opinion.
Sophocles (born c. 496 bc, Colonus, near Athens [Greece]—died 406, Athens), (Greek: Σοφοκλής ; German editions: Sophokles , Russian: Софокл , French editions: Sophocle ) was an ancient Greek tragedy playwright. Not many things are known about his life other than that he was wealthy, well educated and wrote about one hundred and twenty three plays (of which few are extant). One of his best known plays is 'Oedipus the King' (Oedipus Rex).
