In this paper, we intend to analyze the Greek tragedy of Sophocles “Edipo King” by verifying how such a theatrologist worked on it a conception of love and ethics. We problematize the following: What are the links between these two notions used for an orientation of everyday Greek life? For this, we highlight the context in which it was created and the social place (CERTEAU, 1991) of its producer. For the Greeks, fate is something that cannot be changed, their life is already written and nothing that was done would change history. Happiness is something that can only be said, happy life is linked to death. Love and ethics would be mixed in this narrative as elements of the divine and honor for the man who follows them, but other factors separated them. Anyway, Edipo king is an ancient work that motivates us to reflect on the present.
