Sophocles
Author of Antigone / Oedipus Rex / Oedipus at Colonus
About the Author
Sophocles was born around 496 B.C. in Colonus (near Athens), Greece. In 480, he was selected to lead the paean (choral chant to a god) celebrating the decisive Greek sea victory over the Persians at the Battle of Salamis. He served as a treasurer and general for Athens when it was expanding its show more empire and influence. He wrote approximately 123 plays including Ajax, Antigone, Oedipus Tyrannus, Trachiniae, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus. His last recorded act was to lead a chorus in public mourning for Euripides. He died in 406 B. C. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Sophocles
Britannica Great Books: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes (1952) — Contributor — 488 copies
Nine Greek Dramas by Æschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes (1909) — Contributor — 296 copies
Oedipus Tyrannus: A New Translation. Passages from Ancient Authors. Religion and Psychology: Some Studies. Criticism (1970) 199 copies
The Greek Plays: Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides (Modern Library Classics) (2017) 184 copies
Sophocles II: Ajax, The Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes, The Trackers (The Complete Greek Tragedies) (0400) 98 copies
The Greek Plays: Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides (Modern Library Classics) (2016) 73 copies
All That You've Seen Here Is God: New Versions of Four Greek Tragedies Sophocles' Ajax, Philoctetes, Women of Trachis;… (1786) 49 copies
Sophocles, Vol. 1: Oedipus the King / Oedipus at Colonus / Antigone (Loeb Classical Library, No. 20) (1912) 40 copies
The Complete Sophocles: Volume II: Electra and Other Plays (Greek Tragedy in New Translations) (2009) 31 copies
De grekiska tragedierna : Aiskylos, Sofokles, Euripides ; i översättning av Tord Bæckström (2002) — Author — 21 copies
Sophoclis Tragoediae 21 copies
Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments: With Critical Notes, Commentary and Translation in English Prose (Cambridge Library… (1989) 20 copies
Tracking Satyrs 19 copies
Sophocles: King Oidipous: Introduction, Translation and Essay (Focus Classical Library) (2002) 18 copies
Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose Part III: The… (1900) 18 copies
Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose Part II: The… (1871) 17 copies
Electra (English) 12 copies
Electra (Greek) 12 copies
Philoctetes (Greek) 11 copies
Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose Part VI: The… (1891) 11 copies
Grolier Classics: Robinson Crusoe, Walden, Mediations of Marcus Aurelius, Oedipus the King (1956) 10 copies
Antigone and other Tragedies: Antigone, Deianeira, Electra (Oxford World's Classics) (2020) 9 copies
Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose Part VII: The… (1896) 9 copies
Ajax; Oedipus the King; Philoctetes 8 copies
Sophocles 7 copies
Greek Tragedies Volumes 1 - 3 (ANCIENT GREEK LITERATURE, DRAMA, LITERARY HISTORY, THEATER HISTORY) (1970) 6 copies
Sophocles 6 copies
Sophocles' Oedipus Rex 6 copies
Theban Plays (Hackett Classics) 6 copies
Sophocles Oedipus The King 6 copies
Antigone; Philoctetes 6 copies
Tre dramer 6 copies
Sophocles II 6 copies
Oedipus Trilogy 6 copies
The Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles. Edited with introduction and notes by Sir Richard Jebb. (1999) 5 copies
Sophoclis Fabulae 4 copies
The Oedipus at Colonus of Sophocles. Edited with introduction and notes by Sir Richard Jebb. 4 copies
The Complete Plays of Sophocles 6 Printings Through Edition by Sophocles published by Bantam Classics (1991) (1972) 3 copies
Oedipus at Colonus 3 copies
Sophocles, for the use of schools 3 copies
Sämtliche Werke. Im Versmaß übersetzt, mit Einleitung und Anmerkungen versehen von Leo Turkheim (1989) 3 copies
sophokles tragödien 3 copies
Sengrieķu traģēdijas — Author — 3 copies
Sophocles : in two volumes 1 [...] 3 copies
Sophocles I 3 copies
Sófocles (Obras selectas series) 3 copies
The Antigone 3 copies
Tragèdies. II 3 copies
Oedipus the King 3 copies
Antigone In appendice: Adattamento di Bertold Brecht da Hölderlin Die Antigone des Sophokles (1996) 2 copies
Philoctetes (griech.) 2 copies
Oedipus at Colonus and Electra 2 copies
Tragedias 2 copies
Tragedias 2 copies
Antigone (German Edition) 2 copies
Théâtre complet, tome deuxième 2 copies
Αίας 2 copies
Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles 2 copies
Ἠλέκτρα 2 copies
The Antigone of Sophokles 2 copies
Tragédies: Tome I : Introduction. - Les Trachiniennes - Antigone. (Collection Des Universites De France) (French… (1955) 2 copies
Le Tragedie di Sofocle 2 copies
Sofocle. Le tragedie: Tutto il teatro di Sofocle: Aiace, Trachinie, Antigone, Elettra, Edipo re, Filottete, Edipo a… (2014) 2 copies
[אדיפוס המלך] 2 copies
Tragedias: Áyax. Las traquinias. Antígona. Edipo Rey. Electra. Filoctetes. Edipo en Colono (Nueva… (2021) 2 copies
Werke 2 copies
Φιλοκτήτης 2 copies
Σοφοκλέους τραγωδίαι 2 copies
Werke in einem Band Aias, Philoktet, König Ödipus, Ödipus auf Kolonos, Antigone, Elektra, die… 2 copies
Sophocles III: Fragments 2 copies
Tragedier 2 copies
Philoctetes 2 copies
Sophocles, Edited, with an Introduction and Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra, Philoctetes in Modern Translations… (1962) 2 copies
Sophocles I (Loeb) 2 copies
Sophocles I (Vol III: The Complete Greek Tragedies) Oedpius, the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone) (1954) 2 copies
The Oedipus Coloneus 2 copies
plays of Sophocles, The 2 copies
The Papyrus Fragments of Sophocles: An Edition with Prolegomena and Commentary (Texte Und Kommentare; Bd. 7) (1974) 2 copies
Tragedie 2 copies
Tragédies 2 copies
Oedipus at Colonus (Greek) 2 copies
The Trachiniae 2 copies
The Complete Works of Sophocles 2 copies
Oedipus the King 2 copies
Oedipus 2 copies
Sophokles 2 copies
Sophocles in single plays for the use of schools: Oedipus Coloneus: New and revised edition (1899) 2 copies
Oedipus the King (L.A. Theatre Works Audio Theatre Collection) (L.A. Theatre Works Audio Theatre Collections) (2003) 2 copies
Edipo rey 2 copies
The Oedipus Cycle 1 copy
Antígona 1 copy
Ιχνεύται 1 copy
Théâtre complet 1 copy
Οιδίπους Τύρανος 1 copy
Antígona - Ájax - Rei Édipo 1 copy
Oidipus 1 copy
Ayax 1 copy
שבע הטרגדיות 1 copy
Oedipe Roi 1 copy
ادیپ شهریار 1 copy
Áyax / Antígona / Edipo Rey 1 copy
The Complete Greek Tragedies 1 copy
אוידיפוס המלך 1 copy
Ødipus 1 copy
سه نمایشنامه 1 copy
The Complete Plays 1 copy
שבע הטרגדיות 1 copy
Edipo Rey & Antígona 1 copy
King Oedipus 1 copy
Ajax 1 copy
Sophokles összes drámái 1 copy
Ayax. Antigona. Edipo rey 1 copy
Ayax ; Antígona ; Edipo rey 1 copy
Filoctetes 1 copy
Tragedias 1 copy
Sophocles Oedipus The King 1 copy
Tragedias completas 1 copy
Car Edip, Antigona 1 copy
Great Greek Tragedies 1 copy
Antigona; Car Edip 1 copy
The Tragedies of Sophocles 1 copy
Οιδίπους Επί Κολωνώ 1 copy
Τραχίνιαι 1 copy
Tragediën 1 copy
Οιδίποδας τύραννος 1 copy
Αντιγόνη-Ηλέκτρα-Αίας 1 copy
Οιδίπους επί Κολονώ 1 copy
Elektra 1 copy
Τραχίνιαι 1 copy
The Complete Oedipus Trilogy 1 copy
Ηλέκτρα, Τραχίνιαι, Αίας 1 copy
Τραχινιαι 1 copy
Οιδιπους επι Κολωνό 1 copy
Αιας 1 copy
Sophocles Six Pack - Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone, Ajax, Electra and Philoctetes 1 copy
Τραχινίαι 1 copy
Οιδίπους επί Κολονώ 1 copy
Οιδίπους Τύραννος (τόμος β') 1 copy
Οιδίπους Τύραννος (τόμος α') 1 copy
Sophokles' Antigone 1 copy
Oidipus i Kolonos 1 copy
Kvinnorna från Trachis 1 copy
Théâtre complet. [Ajax. Antigone. Electre. Oedipe roi. Les Trachiniennes. Philoctète. Oedipe… 1 copy
Oidipus Tyrannos. Text 1 copy
Oidipus Tyrannos. Kommentar 1 copy
Tragoedien 1 copy
Oidipus király 1 copy
Antigone (German Edition) 1 copy
TOMES I ET II. TOME 1, AJAX, ANTIGONE, OEDIPE-ROI, ELECTRE. / TOME II: LES TRACHINIENNES PHILOCTETE OEDIPE A COLONE LES… (1924) 1 copy
TRAGEDIES - TRADUITES EN FRANCAIS PAR M.BELLAGUET AVEC UNE NOTICE SUR SOPHOCLE PAR M.ED.TOURNIER. (1897) 1 copy
Sophokles: Die Tragödien 1 copy
Sofocles las siete tragedias 1 copy
dipus 1 copy
Le tragedie di Sofocle — Author — 1 copy
Tragèdies III 1 copy
Tragèdies I 1 copy
Le vergini di Trachis 1 copy
Ajax; Philoctetes 1 copy
Ántigona 1 copy
SOF Antígona 1 copy
oedipe-Roi 1 copy
Sofokles's Tragoedier 1 copy
Antogone 1 copy
Die Tragödien 1 copy
Antigone di Sofocle. Rielaborata per la scena da Bertolt Brecht secondo la traduzione di Hölderlin — Original author — 1 copy
Epido Re 1 copy
Edipo re (trad. Quasimodo) 1 copy
Sofoklesa Antygona 1 copy
Tragedie di Sofocle 1 copy
Sofoklesa Edyp w Kolonie 1 copy
Kung Oidipus, Antigone 1 copy
Penguin classics 1 copy
Sophokles' Antigone 1 copy
The Oedipus Tyrannus Of Sophocles: The Greek Text With English Translation By A J Hunt, As Produced In The Bradfield… (1937) 1 copy
Sophocles Oedipus the King 1 copy
Three Tragdies 1 copy
Oedipus Rex at Colonus 1 copy
Edipo rey. Antígona. Electra 1 copy
Sophocles I [-II] 1 copy
The Philoctetes 1 copy
Oedipe roi : tragédie de Sophocletraduite littéralement en vers français par Jules Lacroix 1 copy
Sophoclis tragoediæ septem tribus voluminibus comprehensæ, nova versione donatæ, scholiis veteribus… 1 copy
Ødipus 1 copy
Antigona : tragedija 1 copy
Sophokles VII: Anhang 1 copy
The Philoctetes of Sophocles, with a commentary abridged from the larger ed. of Richard C. Jebb by E.S. Shuckburgh… (1906) 1 copy
Oedipus the King 1 copy
Oidipus Sang Raja 1 copy
Sophocle : traduction nouvelle — Author — 1 copy
Sophocles; the plays and fragments with critical notes, commentary and translation in English prose vol. 1-2 (1892) 1 copy
Sophocles II 1 copy
Sophocle, tome I 1 copy
Sophocles' dramas 1 copy
Sochocles II 1 copy
Sophoclese Three Tragedies 1 copy
Electra / As Troianas 1 copy
Tragedies and Fragments, Translated by the Late E.H. Plumptre...with Notes, Rhymed Choral Odes ... 1902 [Hardcover] (2015) 1 copy
Tragedies of Sophocles 1 copy
Greek Tragedies 1 copy
The Complete Works of Sophocles: Ajax, Antigone, Electra, Oedipus at Colonus, Oedipus the King, Philoctetes, Trachiniae… (2011) 1 copy
Oedipus Tyrannus: A New Translation. Passages from Ancient Authors. Religion and Psychology: Some Studies. Criticism by… (1727) 1 copy
Sophoclis Fabvluae 1 copy
Theban Plays, The 1 copy
Excerpts from Antigone 1 copy
Sophoclis tragoediae 1 copy
Sophoclis Tragoedae 1 copy
Sophokles' Antigone griechisch mit metrischer Übersetzung und prüfenden und erklärenden Anmerkungen 1 copy
Tragedie di Sofocle 1 copy
The Ajax Project 1 copy
Sophokles: Aias 1 copy
Tragedias de Sófocles 1 copy
Edipo-tirano y antígona 1 copy
Tragedias tebanas 1 copy
ÀLAX - EDIP REI 1 copy
Tragedias. Vol. I: Edipo rey; Edipo en Colono (Alma Mater) (Spanish and Ancient Greek Edition) (2016) 1 copy
Édipo rei : tragédia 1 copy
Antígona. Esipo Rey, Electra 1 copy
Tragedias I 1 copy
Ãdipo em Colono 1 copy
Classicos Do Teatro Grego 1 copy
Sófocles (Este libro incluye Edipo Rey, Electra, Las traquinias y Antígonas) (Spanish Edition) (2012) 1 copy
Edipo Rey/Antígona/Medea 1 copy
Ajax; Electra; Philoctetes 1 copy
Suhrkamp BasisBibliothek : Sophokles : Antigone — Text — 1 copy
The Tragedy of Aias 1 copy
Tragèdies 1 copy
Antígona 1 copy
Edipo rey; Antigona 1 copy
Ant©Ưgona ; ©jax ; Rei ©dipo 1 copy
Antígona - Ájax - Rei Épico 1 copy
Tragèdies, vol. 1 1 copy
As Traquínias - ed. Ateliê 1 copy
Ajáx - ed. Ateliê 1 copy
Tragèdies, vol. 4 1 copy
Tragèdies, vol. 3 1 copy
Tragèdies, volum I 1 copy
Tragèdies 1 copy
Édipo Rei - L&PM 1 copy
Edipo rey - Antígona 1 copy
Sophocles, in Single Plays, for the Use of Schools. Ed. with Intr. and Engl. Notes by L. Campbell and E. Abbott. (Clar.… (2016) 1 copy
The Voice of the Poor 1 copy
Fiche de lecture Antigone de Sophocle (Analyse littéraire de référence et résumé complet) (French Edition) (2020) 1 copy
Antigone : Tragödie 1 copy
Oidipus auf Kolonos 1 copy
The Antigon 1 copy
3: The Antigone 1 copy
The Electra of Sophokles 1 copy
Philoctẗe - Oedipe ̉Colone 1 copy
SOPHOCLES, WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY F. STORR, B.A. :THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY. — Author — 1 copy
Sophokles' Trago dien 1 copy
The Oedipus Trilogy (Plays of Sophocles): Oedipus The King, Oedipus At Colonus, Antigone; Translated By Francis Storr (2019) 1 copy
...Sophocles Antigone 1 copy
The Antigone of Sophocles. 1 copy
Antigone: Le Trachinie 1 copy
Oedipus At Colonus 1 copy
Oedipus, the king 1 copy
Antigone eine Tragödie 1 copy
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Nine Great Plays: From Aeschylus to Eliot (Revised Edition) (1950) — Contributor; Contributor — 27 copies
Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Oedipus, Jason and the Argonauts and Much More - ULTIMATE MYTHOLOGY COLLECTION 50 BOOKS -… (2010) — Author, some editions — 23 copies
Oedipus Rex [1967 film] — Original play — 14 copies
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Contributor — 10 copies
Het Griekse treurspel Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides : een keuze uit vertalingen van hun werken (1952) — Contributor — 5 copies
A Treasury of the Theatre: An Anthology of Great Plays from Aeschylus to Hebbel (1940) — Contributor — 4 copies
Grieksche lyriek in Nederlandsche verzen — Contributor — 3 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Sophocles
- Legal name
- Σοφοκλῆς
- Other names
- Sófocles
- Birthdate
- 0496 BCE (circa)
- Date of death
- 0406 BCE (circa)
- Burial location
- Athen, Griechenland
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Greece
- Country (for map)
- Grècia
- Birthplace
- Colonus Hippius, Attica, Ancient Greece
- Places of residence
- Colonus Hippius, Attica, Greece
Athens, Greece - Education
- gymnastics, private
music, private - Occupations
- playwright
constitution maker - Awards and honors
- 18 victories at the Athens Dionysia
6 victories at the Athens Lenaia
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incest, self-mutilation and suicide. It is amazing to think that this play was performed nearly 2,500 years ago, five times longer ago than Shakespeare's plays. Put another way, when Jesus was born and lived, this play was as far in the past to people living then as Shakespeare's plays are to us now in 2024. It won second prize in a competition in 429 BC to a play now lost to us written by a nephew of Euripides, one of the other two most prominent Greek tragic writers of the era. What huge influence this and other plays of the era have had on the literature of the past two and a half millennia.… (more)