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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

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Works by Sophocles

Oedipus Rex (0429) — Author — 6,635 copies
Antigone (0441) 5,476 copies
The Complete Plays of Sophocles (0005) — Author — 2,211 copies
The Three Theban Plays (0429) 1,136 copies
Electra [in translation] (1990) 696 copies
Oedipus at Colonus (0401) — Author — 553 copies
Philoctetes (translation) (0409) — Author — 411 copies
Ajax [in translation] (1977) 377 copies
Oedipus the King / Antigone (1960) 372 copies
Electra [Greek text] (1880) — Author — 114 copies
Trachiniae [Greek text] (1982) 112 copies
Ajax (1990) 108 copies
Sophocles (1959) 87 copies
Five Great Greek Tragedies (Thrift Edition) (1994) — Contributor — 80 copies
Ajax; Antigone; Oedipus the King (1969) — Author — 79 copies
Oedipus The King (Minnesota Drama Editions) (1972) — Author — 60 copies
Plays of the Greek Dramatists (1939) — Contributor — 51 copies
Hamburger Lesehefte : Sophokles : Antigone (1993) — Text — 47 copies
Methuen Student Editions : Sophocles : Antigone (2006) — Author — 38 copies
Eén familie, acht tragedies (1999) — Author — 34 copies
Antigone. (1986) — Author — 30 copies
Eschyle - Sophocle : Tragiques grecs (1967) — Author — 28 copies
Ajax; Electra (2000) 22 copies
Electra; Oedipus the King (1972) 21 copies
Ajax; Oedipus the King (2009) 20 copies
Trachinie-Filottete (1990) 20 copies
Tracking Satyrs 19 copies
Oedipus the King and Antigone (translation) (1960) — Author — 14 copies
Electra; Philoctetes (1992) 14 copies
Sophocles II (1957) 13 copies
Electra (Greek) 12 copies
Tragedias (2010) 11 copies
Electra (1999) 10 copies
Tragedie e frammenti (1982) 8 copies
Electra and Other Plays (2014) 8 copies
Трагедии (1988) 7 copies
Sophocles 7 copies
Sophocles 6 copies
King Oedipus (1986) 6 copies
Philoktet. Herakles 5 (1969) 6 copies
Tre dramer 6 copies
Sophocles II 6 copies
edipo Rei (2013) 6 copies
Oedipus Trilogy 6 copies
Drie tragedies (1979) 5 copies
Tragedias (2021) 5 copies
Antigone; Electra (1985) 5 copies
De Grieken 2 Bestemming (2017) 5 copies
Tragèdies (1990) 5 copies
OEDIPE ROI (2015) 5 copies
As traquínias (1900) 5 copies
Werke 2 (1995) 4 copies
Tragedias (1984) 4 copies
Grundlagen und Gedanken, Drama, Antigone (1974) — Author — 4 copies
Sophocles.Oedipus heerst. (2013) 4 copies
Antygona ; Król Edyp (2009) 3 copies
Tragedie. T. 2 (2012) 3 copies
TRAGEDIAS (2011) 3 copies
Sengrieķu traģēdijas — Author — 3 copies
Antigone (1986) 3 copies
Sophoclis cantica (1907) 3 copies
Sophocles I 3 copies
Edipo Em Colono (1996) 3 copies
Philoctetes (Playbook) (1969) 3 copies
The Antigone 3 copies
Tragèdies. II 3 copies
Antigone {Carson} (2022) — Original author — 3 copies
Tragedias 2 copies
Tragedias 2 copies
Sòfocles: Tragèdies (2019) 2 copies
Tragèdies. II (1959) 2 copies
Αίας 2 copies
Teatro (2008) 2 copies
Les candidats 2012 (2011) 2 copies
Ἠλέκτρα 2 copies
FILOTTETE, LAURENTI (2006) 2 copies
EDIPO A COLONO (2016) 2 copies
Werke 2 copies
Tragedias y fragmentos (1999) 2 copies
[Oeuvres] (1958) 2 copies
Tragedier 2 copies
Philoctetes 2 copies
Tragedie 2 copies
Ajax, Antigone (1991) 2 copies
Tragédies 2 copies
Antigone [Illustrated] (2011) 2 copies
Filoctetes (1997) 2 copies
The Trachiniae 2 copies
Oedipus 2 copies
Sophokles 2 copies
Sophocles' King Oedipus (2000) 2 copies
Edipo rey 2 copies
Antígona 1 copy
Oidipus 1 copy
Ayax 1 copy
Oedipe Roi 1 copy
אנטיגונה (1990) 1 copy
Ødipus 1 copy
פילוקטטס (1998) 1 copy
איאס (2003) 1 copy
אנטיגונה (2007) 1 copy
King Oedipus 1 copy
theatre de sophocle (1922) 1 copy
Ajax 1 copy
Filoctetes 1 copy
Tragedias 1 copy
Dramas y tragedias (1983) 1 copy
Antigoné (2020) 1 copy
No title (1992) 1 copy
Tragediën 1 copy
Elektra 1 copy
Αιας 1 copy
Edipo Rey (2022) 1 copy
Oedipe roi (2019) 1 copy
Tragoedien 1 copy
Électre (1937) 1 copy
Trakhisli Kadinlar (2014) 1 copy
dipus 1 copy
Le tragedie di Sofocle — Author — 1 copy
Le tragedie (1989) 1 copy
Tragèdies I 1 copy
Ántigona 1 copy
Tragédies (1982) 1 copy
Edipo Rey - Antigona (2003) 1 copy
oedipe-Roi 1 copy
Antogone 1 copy
Epido Re 1 copy
Tragedie. T. 1 (2009) 1 copy
Kralj Edip ; Antigona (2000) 1 copy
Kralj Edip ; Antigona (1996) 1 copy
THE PLAYS OF SOPHOCLES (1980) 1 copy
Ødipus 1 copy
Sophocle : traduction nouvelle — Author — 1 copy
Sophocles II 1 copy
Sophocles Aiax (1996) 1 copy
Sochocles II 1 copy
Antigone (2015) 1 copy
Four Greek plays ... (1965) 1 copy
Oedipus at Colonos (2015) 1 copy
Teatro griego (1997) 1 copy
Tragedias I 1 copy
Tragèdies 1 copy
Antigone {Taylor} (2013) — Author — 1 copy
Edipo rei (1999) 1 copy
Antígona 1 copy
Electra (2002) 1 copy
Rei Édipo (2015) 1 copy
Tragèdies 1 copy
Antigone (2014) 1 copy
Antigone : Textausgabe (1998) 1 copy
Koning Oedipus (1985) 1 copy
The Antigon 1 copy
Ajant (2009) 1 copy

Associated Works

Greek Tragedies, Volume 1 (1960) — Contributor — 1,434 copies
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributor, some editions — 928 copies
Greek tragedies, Volume 3 (1960) — Contributor; Contributor, some editions — 654 copies
The Best Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis (2001) — Contributor — 552 copies
Greek tragedies, Volume 2 (1960) — Contributor — 487 copies
Greek Drama (Bantam Classics) (0405) — Contributor — 485 copies
Seven Famous Greek Plays (1938) — Contributor — 432 copies
The Portable Greek Reader (1948) — Contributor, some editions — 401 copies
Eight Great Tragedies (1957) — Contributor — 390 copies
Literature: The Human Experience (2006) — Contributor — 341 copies
Ten Greek Plays in Contemporary Translations (1957) — Contributor — 312 copies
The Complete Greek tragedies (1953) — Contributor — 206 copies
Masterpieces of the Drama (1966) — Contributor — 180 copies
An Anthology of Greek Drama: First Series (1949) — Author — 134 copies
Four Famous Greek Plays (1777) — Contributor — 78 copies
Four Greek Plays (1960) — Contributor — 78 copies
Antigone {Malina} (1990) — Original author, some editions; Original author — 73 copies
Treasury of the Theatre: From Aeschylus to Ostrovsky (1967) — Contributor — 49 copies
An Anthology of Greek Drama: Second Series (1954) — Author — 47 copies
Nine Great Plays: From Aeschylus to Eliot (Revised Edition) (1950) — Contributor; Contributor — 27 copies
Antigone. Variazioni sul mito (2000) — Inspiration — 17 copies
Oedipus Rex [1967 film] — Original play — 14 copies
Funeral Parade of Roses [1969 film] (1969) — Original play — 13 copies
Antigone {Regnaut} (2000) — Original author — 10 copies
Agamenon / Hippolytus / Oedipus the King (1960) — Contributor — 8 copies
Oedipe ou Le Roi boiteux (1986) — Inspiration — 8 copies
Orpheus ; Oedipus Rex ; The infernal machine (1962) — Author, some editions — 7 copies
Drie Griekse tragedies (1961) — Contributor — 6 copies
An introduction to drama (1951) — Contributor — 5 copies
Antigone (1965) — Original author — 4 copies
Grieksche lyriek in Nederlandsche verzen — Contributor — 3 copies
Theatre (2013) 3 copies
Antigone {Solomós} (1995) — Original author — 1 copy

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Sophocles's Antigone in Ancient History (April 2009)

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This classic play is an out and out dramatic classic of murder,
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)
 
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john257hopper | 71 other reviews | Mar 3, 2024 |
The Law of God versus the Law of the State is displayed in amazing drama. Love, listening, and understanding, are shown to be superior to either argument.
 
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Aidan767 | 70 other reviews | Feb 1, 2024 |
How does one actually rate a book which has lived on as a classic for nearly 2500 years? That fact alone implies it's worth reading.
 
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David Grene Editor, Translator, Foreword
Euripides Contributor, Author
Richmond Lattimore Editor, Translator
Aeschylus Contributor
Aristophanes Contributor
Æschylus Contributor
Don Taylor Translator
Gina Wolf Adaptor
Sirish Rao Adapter
Gita Wolf Adapter
Aischylos Author
James Levine Conductor
Eiripīds Author
Aishils Author
Anne Carson Adapter
Joachim Hagner Commentary
Inua Ellams Adapter
E. F. Watling Editor, Translator
Peter D. Arnott Translator
Euripide Auteur
Eschyle Auteur
M.A. Arthur Zeiger Introduction
Richard Claverhouse Jebb Editor, Translator
Gilbert Murray Translator
H. D. F. Kitto Translator
Indrapramit Roy Illustrator
Anthony Burgess Translator
Ian C. Johnston Translator
Frederick Ahl Translator
Robert Cannon Translator
Kenneth McLeish Translator
R.C. Jebb Editor
Jean Bollack Translator
Augusts Ģiezens Translator
Henriks Novackis Translator
Polly Findlay Translator's note, Preface
Paul Roche Translator
E. H. Plumptre Translator, Preface
Dudley Fitts Translator
Sir George Young Translator
Lewis Campbell Translator
Ernst Buschor Translator
Norbert Zink Translator
E. De Waele Translator, Introduction
P.C. Boutens Translator
Jamey Hecht Translator
Bernard Knox Introduction
Robert Fagles Translator
Jan Stolpe Translator
Hugh Lloyd-Jones Translator, Editor
F. Storr Translator
R.D. Dawe Editor
Walther Schoorel Cover artist
Thornton Wilder Introduction
Pietro Angèli Translator
Roberto Rebora Introduction
Evert Straat Translator
Giacomo Manzu Illustrator
Francis Storr Translator
Jan Engelman Translator
Hjalmar Gullberg Translator
August Boeckh Translator
Walter Amelung Translator
Ferrante Ferranti Photographer
Michael Townsend Translator
Eugene H Falk Introduction
Roman Woerner Translator
Diane J. Rayor Translator
Karl Reinhardt Translator
August Boeckh Translator
Michael Jameson Translator
T. E. Page Editor
Assela Alamillo Translator
Rachel Kitzinger Translator
Eamon Grennan Translator
Jos De Haes Translator
Gregory McNamee Translator
Māra Rikmane Illustrator
Richard Pevear Translator
Bertus van Lier Translator
Piet Gerbrandy Afterword
Jeffrey Henderson Series Editor, Editor
John Tipton Translator
Ezra Pound Translator
Robert Bagg Translator
C. K. Williams Translator
F. L. Light Translator
Emil Zilliacus Translator
Jean Bees Illustrator
Remo Cantoni Introduction
Exekias Cover artist
John Moore Translator
José Alsina Clota Introduction
Isa Dietrich Cover artist
Anneke Germers Cover designer
J. Tapperwijn Cover designer
Anne Mahoney Translator
Carles Riba Translator
Enric Iborra Foreword
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