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Sophocles

496 B.C. - 406 B.C.

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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  • Cover of: The Oedipus Tyrannus
    First published in 1715 186 editions in 12 languages — 31 previewable Cover of edition cu31924026681126 Cover of edition OedipusKingOfThebesATragedy Cover of edition oedipustyrannuso00sophiala Cover of edition oedipuskingofthe00sophrich Cover of edition cu31924026676845 Cover of edition cu31924080905874 Cover of edition oedipustyrannus00sophrich Cover of edition cu31924026676860 Cover of edition oedipuskingofthe00sophuoft

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  • Cover of: ...Sophocles Antigone
    First published in 1581 97 editions in 15 languages — 17 previewable Cover of edition 4737336 Cover of edition sophoclesantigon00sophiala Cover of edition MN40048ucmf_1 Cover of edition antigonesoph00soph Cover of edition antigone00sophuoft Cover of edition antigone00bellgoog Cover of edition antigone00abbogoog Cover of edition antigonesophocl00humpgoog Cover of edition sophoclesantigo00wolfgoog

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  • Cover of: Sophocles
    First published in 1832 96 editions in 5 languages — 26 previewable Cover of edition sophocleseditedw02sophuoft Cover of edition cu31924087948174 Cover of edition sophoclestragedi01sophiala Cover of edition sophocles01sophuoft Cover of edition sophocles00sophrich Cover of edition sophoclestextof00sophiala Cover of edition sophoclestextofs00sophuoft Cover of edition sophocleswitheng02soph Cover of edition sophoclessevenpl00soph

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  • Cover of: The Electra of Sophocles: with notes, for the use of colleges in the United States

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  • Cover of: The antigone
    First published in 1835 53 editions in 7 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition cu31924099385175 Cover of edition antigonesoph00soph Cover of edition antigone00soph_0 Cover of edition antigonegreektra00soph

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  • Cover of: The Aias of Sophokles
    First published in 1714 51 editions in 8 languages — 16 previewable Cover of edition ajaxtour00soph Cover of edition ajaxtour00soph Cover of edition ajaxofsophocles00sophrich Cover of edition ajaxsoph00soph Cover of edition ajaxofsophocles00sophiala Cover of edition cu31924026593446 Cover of edition aiassophocles00unkngoog Cover of edition ajax03sophgoog Cover of edition ajax00sophgoog

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  • Cover of: Philoktetes
    First published in 1553 43 editions in 11 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition philoktetes0000soph Cover of edition philoktetes0000soph_d6v1

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  • Cover of: Oedipus at Colonus: closely translated from the Greek

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  • Cover of: Women of Trachis
    First published in 1833 38 editions in 5 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition trachiniae00dindgoog Cover of edition womenoftrachis0000soph_g8a7 Cover of edition trachiniae0000soph

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  • Cover of: Nine Greek dramas

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  • Cover of: The tragedies of Sophocles: from the Greek

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  • Cover of: Sophoclis Tragoediae.
    First published in 1828 24 editions in 4 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition sophoclistragoe00schgoog Cover of edition sophoclistragoe11sophgoog Cover of edition sophoclistragoe13sophgoog Cover of edition sophoclistragoed0002soph

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  • Cover of: The Theban plays
    First published in 1947 20 editions in 1 language — 6 previewable Cover of edition thebanplays1994soph Cover of edition thebanplays00soph Cover of edition thebanplays00soph_0 Cover of edition thebanplayskingo00soph Cover of edition thebanplaysoedip00soph_955

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  • Cover of: Plays and fragments: with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose

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  • Cover of: Sophokles: the complete plays

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  • Cover of: Sophocle.
    First published in 1877 15 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable

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  • Cover of: Tragoediae
    First published in 1669 14 editions in 4 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition tragoediae00weckgoog Cover of edition tragoediae00wundgoog Cover of edition tragoediae00meklgoog

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  • Cover of: Antigona
    First published in 1960 12 editions in 2 languages

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  • Cover of: Sophoclis Fabulae
    First published in 1924 12 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable

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  • Cover of: Tragedies: literally translated into English prose, with notes.

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February 27, 2024 Edited by Drini merge authors
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December 15, 2020 Edited by Lisa merge authors
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