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Sophocles

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Colonus, Attica, Greece

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Theatre, Poetry

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Sophocles (497/496 BC-406/405 BC), (Greek: Σοφοκλής ; German: Sophokles , Russian: Софокл , French: Sophocle ) was an ancient Greek tragedian, known as one of three from whom at least one play has survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus; and earlier than, or contemporary with, those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote over 120 plays, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus. For almost fifty years, Sophocles was the most celebrated playwright in the dramatic competitions of the city-state of Athens which took place during the religious festivals of the Lenaea and the Dionysia ...more

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	Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 235,457 ratings — published -429 — 1458 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3) 3.68 avg rating — 174,395 ratings — published -441 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 70,376 ratings — published -450 — 627 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Antigone - Oedipus the King - Electra by Sophocles, Edith Hall (Editor), H.D.F. Kitto (Translator) 3.95 avg rating — 16,516 ratings — published -429 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2) 3.75 avg rating — 16,309 ratings — published -401 — 387 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Electra 3.82 avg rating — 14,111 ratings — published -410 — 301 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sophocles II: Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes (Complete Greek Tragedies, #4) by Sophocles, David Grene (Editor), Michael Jameson (Translator) 4.13 avg rating — 6,946 ratings — published -450 — 143 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ajax 3.92 avg rating — 6,950 ratings — published -440 — 433 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sophocles: The Complete Plays 4.26 avg rating — 5,296 ratings — published -401 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Philoctetes 3.89 avg rating — 5,086 ratings — published -409 — 352 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Theban Plays (3 books)
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“One word
Frees us of all the weight and pain of life:
That word is love.”
― Sophocles

tags: love, pain

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“All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.”
― Sophocles, Antigone

tags: change, character, course, crime, failure, mistakes, pride, yield

1234 likes

“Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.”
― Sophocles

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March 2023 Old School Classics Poll

Electra by Sophocles, -410, 128 pp

58 votes, 22.1%

The Aeneid by Virgil, -19, 484 pp

49 votes, 18.7%

The Symposium by Plato, -380, 90 pp

38 votes, 14.5%

The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith, 1889, 176 pp

37 votes, 14.1%

The Magic Skin by Honoré de Balzac, 1831, 252 pp

36 votes, 13.7%

Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea by Richard Henry Dana Jr., 1840, 458 pp

31 votes, 11.8%

Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis, 1899, 288 pp

13 votes, 5.0%

262 total votes

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