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).

 

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