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Sophocles
Author · 36 books

Sophocles (born c. 496 bc, Colonus, near Athens [Greece]—died 406, Athens), (Greek: Σοφοκλής ; German editions: Sophokles , Russian: Софокл , French editions: Sophocle ) was an ancient Greek tragedy playwright. Not many things are known about his life other than that he was wealthy, well educated and wrote about one hundred and twenty three plays (of which few are extant). One of his best known plays is 'Oedipus the King' (Oedipus Rex).

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Sengrieķu traģēdijas book cover

Sengrieķu traģēdijas

458

Sophocles, Volume II. Antigone. The Women of Trachis. Philoctetes. Oedipus at Co book cover

Sophocles, Volume II. Antigone. The Women of Trachis. Philoctetes. Oedipus at Co

400

Sophocles II book cover

Sophocles II

450

Oedipus the King and Other Tragedies book cover

Oedipus the King and Other Tragedies

2016

Aiace; Elettra book cover

Aiace; Elettra

2000

The Three Theban Plays book cover

The Three Theban Plays

Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus

400

Greek Tragedies, Volume 1 book cover

Greek Tragedies, Volume 1

Aeschylus: Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound; Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Antigone; Euripides: Hippolytus

1960

Electra book cover

Electra

410

Tragedias Griegas book cover

Tragedias Griegas

441

Oedipus Rex and Antigone book cover

Oedipus Rex and Antigone

429

The Three Theban Plays book cover

The Three Theban Plays

Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus

1706

Antigone book cover

Antigone

441

All That You've Seen Here Is God book cover

All That You've Seen Here Is God

New Versions of Four Greek Tragedies Sophocles' Ajax, Philoctetes, Women of Trachis; Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound

2015

Antigone - In a Version by Bertolt Brecht book cover

Antigone - In a Version by Bertolt Brecht

1947

Ajax book cover

Ajax

440

Philoktetes book cover

Philoktetes

1987

Antigone; Oedipus the King; Electra book cover

Antigone; Oedipus the King; Electra

429

Oedipus at Colonus book cover

Oedipus at Colonus

401

Women of Trachis book cover

Women of Trachis

450

Sophocles book cover

Sophocles

Antigone

1924

Greek Tragedies, Volume 3 book cover

Greek Tragedies, Volume 3

Aeschylus: The Eumenides; Sophocles: Philoctetes, Oedipus at Colonus; Euripides: The Bacchae, Alcestis

1960

Edipo rey / Antígona / Medea book cover

Edipo rey / Antígona / Medea

1993

Two Faces of Oedipus book cover

Two Faces of Oedipus

Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus and Seneca's Oedipus

2007

De grekiska tragedierna book cover

De grekiska tragedierna

2002

Four Dramas of Maturity book cover

Four Dramas of Maturity

Aias, Antigone, Young Women of Trachis, Oidipous the King

1992

Antigona book cover

Antigona

2001

Electra, Antigone & Philoctetes book cover

Electra, Antigone & Philoctetes

1979

Philocetes

2025

Antigone - Electre book cover

Antigone - Electre

Full Text + Keys to the Work (Au fil du texte, Historical and Literary File) - Presentation and Commentary by Annie Collognat-Barès

1998

Selected Poems book cover

Selected Poems

Odes and Fragments

2008

The Complete Plays book cover

The Complete Plays

401

Edipo rey / Edipo en Colono book cover

Edipo rey / Edipo en Colono

2025

The Thebian Plays

1974

Five Great Greek Tragedies book cover

Five Great Greek Tragedies

450

Fragments book cover

Fragments

1974

Oedipus Rex book cover

Oedipus Rex

429

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