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Sophocles

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born
December 31, 0495 in Colonus (Athens), Greece

died
December 31, 0405

gender
male

genre
Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction


About this author

Sophocles was an ancient Greek tragedy playwright. Not many things are known about his life other than that he was wealthy, well educated and wrote about one hundred and twenty three plays (of which few are extant). One of his best known plays is 'Oedipus the King' (Oedipus Rex).


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Average rating: 3.65 · 76,926 ratings · 1,877 reviews · 131 distinct works
Oedipus Rex
3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 31,261 ratings — published -429 — 216 editions
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Antigone
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3.47 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 20,915 ratings — published -442 — 176 editions
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Three Tragedies: Antigone /...
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 1,636 ratings — published -429 — 13 editions
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Electra
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3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 1,687 ratings — published -420 — 50 editions
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Oedipus at Colonus
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3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 1,421 ratings — published -401 — 45 editions
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Sophocles II: Ajax/Women of...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1,028 ratings — published -420 — 22 editions
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The Complete Plays
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 640 ratings — published 2011 — 97 editions
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Oedipus Rex and Antigone
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 544 ratings — published -429 — 18 editions
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Ajax
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3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 450 ratings — published -420 — 45 editions
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Series by Sophocles

Oedipus Rex Oedipus at Colonus Antigone
The Theban Plays (3 books)
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3.622575796988352 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 69,198 ratings
Sophocles II: Ajax/Women of... The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus ...
Teatru (2 books)
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3.9103510351035102 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 16,665 ratings

Quotes by Sophocles

“One word
Frees us of all the weight and pain of life:
That word is love.”
― Sophocles
tags: love , pain
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“The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.”
― Sophocles
tags: pain
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“One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.”
― Sophocles
tags: philosophy
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Polls

Which do you prefer to read after "The Odyssey?

 
  4 votes, 66.7%

 
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Historical novel by Mary Renault
 
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Adapted epic or play
 
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Something I'll write below in comments
 
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Poetry
 
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6 total votes
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