Sophocles
Σοφοκλῆςc. 496-406 BC
Sophocles was an Athenian tragedian who won first prize at the Dionysia more often than any rival. Seven of his plays survive complete, among them Antigone, Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus, which treat the royal house of Thebes.
Read our article on Sophocles for his life and the plays in summary; the pages below carry the texts themselves.
Works
- AjaxΑἴας18 passages · Richard C. Jebb (modernised by Perseus) 1893
- Women of TrachisΤραχίνιαι18 passages · Richard C. Jebb (modernised by Perseus) 1892
- AntigoneἈντιγόνη18 passages · Richard C. Jebb (modernised by Perseus) 1891
- Oedipus TyrannusΟἰδίπους Τύραννος22 passages · Richard C. Jebb (modernised by Perseus) 1887
- ElectraἨλέκτρα20 passages · Richard C. Jebb (modernised by Perseus) 1894
- PhiloctetesΦιλοκτήτης21 passages · Richard C. Jebb (modernised by Perseus) 1898
- Oedipus at ColonusΟἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ34 passages · Richard C. Jebb (modernised by Perseus) 1889
