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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 — 235,701 ratings — published -429 — 703 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 — 174,744 ratings — published -441 — 2 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 — 70,434 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 — 16,536 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 — 16,328 ratings — published -401 — 11 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 — 14,139 ratings — published -410 — 567 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 — 6,959 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 — 6,973 ratings — published -440	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 — 5,305 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 — 5,112 ratings — published -409 — 374 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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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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“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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August 2016 Short Story Poll

The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1892, 64 pages

47 votes, 26.3%

Chess Story by Stefan Zweig, 1941, 104 pages

31 votes, 17.3%

The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy, 1886, 86 pages

27 votes, 15.1%

Antigone by Sophocles, 441BC, 80 pages***

20 votes, 11.2%

Meditations byMarcus Aurelius, 180, 99 pages**

19 votes, 10.6%

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, 1923, 127 pages

15 votes, 8.4%

The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster, 1909, 48 pages

14 votes, 7.8%

Futility or the Wreck of the Titan by Morgan Robertson, 1898, 96 pages

6 votes, 3.4%

179 total votes

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