Sophocles (circa. 496 BCE - 406 BCE) was the second of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose work has survived to the present day. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus, and earlier than those of Euripides. According to the Suda, a 10th century encyclopedia, Sophocles wrote 120 or more plays during the course of his life, but only seven have survived in a complete form, namely Ajax, Antigone, Trachinian Women, Oedipus the King, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus. For almost 50 years, Sophocles was the most-awarded playwright in the dramatic competitions of ancient Athens that took place during the religious festivals of the Lenaea and the Dionysia. Sophocles competed in around thirty drama competitions; he won perhaps twenty four and never received lower than second place. Aeschylus won fourteen competitions and was defeated by Sophocles at times. Euripides won only four competitions.
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Oedipus Rex
185 editions - first published in 1715 Read -
Antigone
146 editions - first published in 1581 Read -
Sophocles
96 editions - first published in 1832 Read -
Oedipus at Colonus
42 editions - first published in 1819 Read -
The tragedies of Sophocles
26 editions - first published in 1729 Read -
The Theban plays: King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
20 editions - first published in 1947 Borrow -
The plays and fragments: with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose
18 editions - first published in 1883 Read -
Sophokles
16 editions - first published in 1851 Read -
Sophocle
15 editions - first published in 1877 Read -
Antigona
12 editions - first published in 1960 -
Sophoclis Fabulae
12 editions - first published in 1924 -
Tragedies
11 editions - first published in 1793 Read -
The Three Theban Plays
11 editions - first published in 1956 Borrow -
The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
10 editions - first published in 1958 Borrow -
The Oedipus cycle: an English version
9 editions - first published in 1916 Read -
Sophoclis Tragoediae septem
8 editions - first published in 1534 -
The dramas of Sophocles
8 editions - first published in 1906 -
Tragoediae septem
6 editions - first published in 1800 Read -
The Complete Greek Tragedies
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Fabulae
6 editions - first published in 1923 -
Oedipe roi
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Ichneutae
6 editions - first published in 1919 Read -
Three tragedies: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra
6 editions - first published in 1954 Borrow -
The complete plays of Sophocles
6 editions - first published in 1967 Borrow -
Electra and other plays: Ajax, Electra, Women of Trachis, Philoctetes.
5 editions - first published in 1953 -
Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy
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König Ödipus
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Oedipe à Colone
5 editions - first published in 1859 Read -
Dramas
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Tragödien
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Tragedias: Texto revisado y traducido por Ignacio Errandonea.
5 editions - first published in 1920 -
The plays of Sophocles
5 editions - first published in 1886 Read -
Sophocles II: Ajax ; The women of Trachis ; Electra ; Philoctetes
5 editions - first published in 1957 Checked out -
The complete Sophocles: The Theban plays
4 editions - first published in 2009 -
Four Tragedies: Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes
4 editions - first published in 2006 -
Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy
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Edipo rey
4 editions - first published in 1935 -
Sophoclis Fabvlae
4 editions - first published in 1924 -
Edipo Rey - Antigona
4 editions - first published in 1999 -
Four plays
3 editions - first published in 1966 -
Sophocles' King Oedipus: a version for the modern stage
3 editions - first published in 1928 -
Sophoclis quae exstant omnia, cum veterum grammaticorum scholiis
3 editions - first published in 1786 -
Sophokleous hai hepta Tragōdiai =
3 editions - first published in 1603 -
Tragédies: théâtre complet : Les trachiniennes, Antigone, Ajax, Oedipe roi, Electre, Philoctète, Oedipe à colone
3 editions - first published in 1886 Read -
Sophoclis Tragoediae ex recensione Guilelmi Dindorfii: Editio sexta stereotypa maior quam curavit brevique adnotatione instruxit S. Mekler.
3 editions - first published in 1901 Read -
Sophocles in English verse
3 editions - first published in 1909 Read -
Sophocles, The Plays And Fragments: Part Six The Electra
3 editions - first published in 1893 -
Fragments: edited with additional notes from the papers of Sir R.C. Jebb and W.G. Headlam by A.C. Pearson.
3 editions - first published in 1917 Read -
The Antigone of Sophocles in Greek and English: printed for the representation of the play by the students of University College, Toronto, February, 1894.
3 editions - first published in 1848 Read -
The dramas of Sophocles rendered in English verse: dramatic & lyric
3 editions - first published in 1906 -
Sophocles, in single plays, for the use of schools. Ed. with intr. and Engl. notes by L ..
3 editions - first published in 1874 Read -
Sophokleous tragodiai 7. = Sophoclis tragoediæ VII
3 editions - first published in 1669 -
Sophocles the Seven Plays in English Verse
3 editions - first published in 1928 -
Sophocles' dramas
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Aiax
3 editions - first published in 1866 Read -
Sophokles' Antigone: griechisch mit Anmerkungen nebst einer Entwicklung des Grundgedanken und der Charaktere in der Antigone
3 editions - first published in 1849 Read -
Sophocles I
3 editions - first published in 1954 Borrow -
Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments
3 editions - first published in 1894 Read -
Sophokleous tragōdiai hepta
3 editions - first published in 1502 -
Antigone (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)
3 editions - first published in 1973 -
Electra
2 editions - first published in 1993 -
Sophocles, The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
2 editions - first published in 1955 -
Sophoclis tragoediae septum: ad optimorum exemplarium fidem ac praecipue ..
2 editions - first published in 1826 Read -
Sophokleous Tragōidiai =: Sophoclis tragoediae
2 editions - first published in 1841 Read -
Oedipus Coloneus: with a commentary, abridged from the large ed. of Sir Richard C. Jebb. by E.S. Shuckburgh.
2 editions - first published in 1827 Read -
Œdipe roi: tragédie de Sophocle
2 editions - first published in 1861 -
The Electra of Sophokles: With introduction, notes, and appendices
2 editions - first published in 1901 Read -
Sophoclis Trachiniae
2 editions - first published in 1877 Read -
Cantica: Digessit Otto Schroeder. Exempler anastatice iteratum addendis corrigendis auctum.
2 editions - first published in 1870 Read -
Two Faces of Oedipus: Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus and Seneca's Oedipus
2 editions - first published in 2007 -
Sophocles the text of the seven plays
2 editions - first published in 1914 Read -
The fragments of Sophocles
2 editions - first published in 1917 -
Fabvlae
2 editions - first published in 1946 -
Sophokles, erklärt von F.W. Schneidewin und A. Nauck
2 editions - first published in 1865 Read -
Oedipe: texte traduction, commentaire.
2 editions - first published in 1993 -
Works: Greek. 1877. Sophokles, erklärt von F.W. Schneidewin 7. Aufl. besorgt von August Nauck.
2 editions - first published in 1877 Read -
Las Siete Tragedias
2 editions - first published in 1972 -
Oedipus Rex and Antigone
2 editions - first published in 2000 -
The dramas of Sophocles rendered in English verse, dramatic & lyric
2 editions - first published in 1888 Read -
The Oedipus Plays
2 editions - first published in 1958 -
Sophoclis tragoediae superstites: recensuit et brevi annotatione instruxit Gulielmus Linwood.
2 editions - first published in 1846 -
The Ajax Of Sophocles, With Notes Critical And Explanatory
2 editions - first published in 2007 -
Oidipus auf Kolonos
2 editions - first published in 1883 -
Théâtre de Sophocle: Ajax - Électre - dipe roi - dipe à Colone - Antigone - Les Trachiniennes - Philoctète. Traduit en français par Louis Humbert
2 editions - first published in 1872 -
Sophokleous tragōdiai 7: Sophoclis tragoediæ VII : unà cum omnibus græcis scholiis ad calcem adnexis
2 editions - first published in 1669 -
Sophoclis tragoediæ, Ajax & Electra: nova versione donatæ, scholiisque veteribus, tam antehac quam nunc primum editis, illustratæ. Accedunt notæ perpetuæ, & variæ lectiones. Opera Thomæ Johnson A.M.
2 editions - first published in 1705 -
Antígona: Introd., versión directa del texto griego
2 editions - first published in 1972 -
Sophoclis tragoediæ septem
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments with Critical Notes, Commentary, and Translation in English ..
2 editions - first published in 1894 Read -
Oedipus at Colonos: a tragedy of Sophocles.
2 editions - first published in 1970 -
Hai tou Sophokleous tragōdiai hepta
2 editions - first published in 1775 -
The wife of Heracles: being Sophocles' play, The Trachinian women, tr. into English verse with explanatory notes by Gilbert Murray.
2 editions - first published in 1947 -
The Thebans: Oedipus Tyrannos, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone
2 editions - first published in 1992 -
The Tragedies of Sophocles in English Prose
2 editions - first published in 2004 -
Antigone. Ein Trauerspiel.
2 editions - first published in 1979 -
Sophocles' Antigone
2 editions - first published in 1955 -
Plays: translated into English verse by Thomas Francklin; with an introd. by Henry Morley.
2 editions - first published in 1890 Read -
Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments with Critical Notes, Commentary and Translation in English Prose
2 editions - first published in 1891 Read -
Teatro Griego Clasico
2 editions - first published in 1993 -
Sophocles: the Theban plays: Antigone/King Oidipous/Oidipous at Colonus (Focus Classical Library)
2 editions - first published in 2002
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