Sophocles

SOPHOCLES

Sophokleês (Epic: Σοφοκλέης) or Sophoklês (Attic: Σοφοκλῆς).
Born about 496 BCE in Kolonos, Attica.
Died in 406 or 405 BCE in Athens.
Wikipedia: English, French.

WORKS

Ajax (circa 445 BCE).
(Αἴας | Aias).
English: Aias (Edward Hayes Plumptre, 1865, ed. 1867).
French: Ajax (Émile Pessonneaux, 1868, ed. 1872).

Antigone (circa 441 BCE).
(Ἀντιγόνη | Antigonê).
English: Antigone (Edward Hayes Plumptre, 1865, ed. 1867).
French: Antigone (Émile Pessonneaux, 1867, ed. 1872).

Women of Trachis.
(Τραχίνιαι | Trakhiniai).
English: The maidens of Trachis (Edward Hayes Plumptre, 1865, ed. 1867).
French: Les Trachiniennes (Émile Pessonneaux, 1868, ed. 1872).

Oedipus tyrant (circa 429 BCE).
(Οἰδίπους τύραννος | Oidipous turannos).
English: Œdipus the king (Edward Hayes Plumptre, 1865, ed. 1867).
French: Œdipe roi (Émile Pessonneaux, 1864, ed. 1872).

Electra (circa 417 BCE).
(Ἠλέκτρα | Êlektra).
English: Electra (Edward Hayes Plumptre, 1865, ed. 1867).
French: Électre (Émile Pessonneaux, 1867, ed. 1872).

Philoctetes (409 BCE).
(Φιλοκτήτης | Philoktêtês).
English: Philoctetes (Edward Hayes Plumptre, 1865, ed. 1867).
French: Philoctète (Émile Pessonneaux, 1867, ed. 1872).

Oedipus at Colonus (406 BCE).
(Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ | Oidipous epi Kolônô).
English: Œdipus at Colonos (Edward Hayes Plumptre, 1865, ed. 1867).
French: Œdipe à Colone (Émile Pessonneaux, 1865, ed. 1872).

The searchers (incomplete).
(Ἰχνευταί | Ikhneutai).

Fragments.
English: Fragments (Edward Hayes Plumptre, 1865, ed. 1867).

Created on 20 May 2026.