Sophocles (c. 496-c. 405 BC)

Biographical note

Sophocles was an Athenian dramatist and politician. He is known as the second of the three great Greek tragedians, preceded by Aeschylus and followed by Euripides. Only seven of his many plays remain.

Works

  • The Oedipus Trilogy / translated by F. Storr [ read | download ]
    Oedipus the King -- Oedipus at Colonus -- Antigone
  • Ajax
  • Philoctetes / translated by Thomas Francklin [ read | download ]
  • Electra
  • The Trachiniae

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