Sophocles






Sophocles

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born
January 01, 496

died
January 01, 406

gender
male

place of birth
Colonus (Athens), Greece

genre
Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction


about this author

Sophocles was an ancient Greek tragedy playwright. Not many things are known about his life. He was wealthy; well educated. He wrote about 123 plays but not many survived throughout history. One of his best known plays is 'Oedipus the King' (Oedipus Rex).




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avg rating: 3.70 | 19,361 ratings | 754 reviews | 118 distinct works | 33 fans
Antigone Antigone
by Sophocles, J.E. Thomas (Translator)
avg rating 3.53 — 5,482 ratings — published 1924
91 editions
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Oedipus Rex Oedipus Rex
by Sophocles
avg rating 3.62 — 5,072 ratings — published 429
98 editions
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The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex... The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus & Antigone
by Sophocles, Dudley Fitts (Translator), Robert Fitzgerald (Translator)
avg rating 3.96 — 2,375 ratings — published -429
67 editions
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Three Tragedies: Antigone, Oed... Three Tragedies: Antigone, Oedipus the King & Electra
by Sophocles, Edith Hall (Editor), H.D.F. Kitto (Translator)
avg rating 3.94 — 574 ratings — published 1
4 editions
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Electra Electra
by Sophocles, Marianne Macdonald (Translator), J. Michael Walton (Translator)
avg rating 3.68 — 396 ratings — published 1973
18 editions
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Oedipus at Colonus Oedipus at Colonus
by Sophocles, Eamon Grennan (Translator), Rachel Kitzinger (Translator)
avg rating 3.60 — 311 ratings — published 1938
14 editions
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Sophocles: The Complete Plays Sophocles: The Complete Plays
by Sophocles, Paul Roche (Translator)
avg rating 4.28 — 118 ratings — published 2001
9 editions
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Sophocles II: Ajax/Women of Tr... Sophocles II: Ajax/Women of Trachis/Electra/Philoctetes (Complete Greek Tragedies 4)
by Sophocles, David Grene (Editor), Richmond Alexander Lattimore (Editor), John Moore (Translator), Michael Jameson (Translator)
avg rating 4.29 — 101 ratings — published 1942
10 editions
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Oedipus Rex and Antigone Oedipus Rex and Antigone
by Sophocles
avg rating 3.70 — 114 ratings — published 1960
7 editions
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Ajax Ajax
by Sophocles
avg rating 3.55 — 87 ratings — published 1920
17 editions
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"One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been."
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