Tradução de teatro grego: Édipo Rei, de Sófocles.

Abstract

Considering the specificity of theatrical texts, this article debates which elements of this genre must be preserved in translation. Besides, we discuss the importance of some base-metaphors and materializations at the poetic theatrical text as lines that conduct its translation. Finally, we focus the ocurrences of the earth (ge) metaphor in Sophoclis’ play Oedipus Rex and its eventual substitutions for other terms.