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5th-century BC Athenian tragic playwright
competitions and was sometimes beaten by Sophocles; Euripides won four. The most famous tragedies of Sophocles feature Oedipus and Antigone: they are generally
Sophocles
Tragedy by Sophocles
Antigone. Sophocles, translated by Jebb Richard Claverhouse. Wikisource. 1080.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) Sophocles (1947). Sophocles: The Theban
Antigone_(Sophocles_play)
Ancient-Greek tragedy by Sophocles
Greek: Ἠλέκτρα, Ēlektra, also called The Electra), is a Greek tragedy by Sophocles. The original publication date is not known, but various stylistic similarities
Electra_(Sophocles_play)
Topics referred to by the same term
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Ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles
Troy: A Version of Sophocles’s Philoctetes. London: Faber and Faber. Heath, M. 1999. "Sophocles’ Philoctetes: A Problem Play?" In Sophocles Revisited: Essays
Philoctetes_(Sophocles_play)
Ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles
Plays of Sophocles: A New Translation. By Sophocles. New York: Harper. ISBN 978-0062020345. Buckley, Theodore Alois. 1849. The Tragedies of Sophocles, in English
Ajax_(play)
British classicist, translator and author (born 1971)
of several books, including Mocked with Death: Tragic Overliving from Sophocles to Milton (2004), The Death of Socrates: Hero, Villain, Chatterbox, Saint
Emily_Wilson_(classicist)
Daughter of Oedipus in Greek mythology
OCLC 601932362. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) Sophocles; Jebb, R. C. (1890). Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments. Cambridge: CUP Archive. Eliot
Antigone
Classical Athenian tragedy by Sophocles
almost directly from David Grene's introduction to Sophocles I, University of Chicago Press, 1954.) Sophocles uses dramatic irony to present the downfall of
Oedipus_Rex
Figure from Greek mythology
She is the titular main character of two Greek tragedies: Electra by Sophocles and Electra by Euripides. She is also the central figure in plays by Aeschylus
Electra
Name list
Sophocles is a Greek masculine given name. Sophocles or Sofoklis may refer to: Sophocles (c. 497/6–406/5 BC), ancient Greek playwright Sophocles (fl. 431-404
Sophocles_(given_name)
Mythical Greek king of Thebes
Euripides, Phoenissae Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 1220–1226; Euripides, Phoenissae Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 1026–1030; Euripides, Phoenissae Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 132–137
Oedipus
King of Sparta, husband of Helen of Troy
Library, Harvard University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4 Sophocles, The Ajax of Sophocles. Edited with introduction and notes by Sir Richard Jebb, Sir
Menelaus
5th-century BC Athenian playwright
BC) was a Greek tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three authors of Greek tragedy for whom any plays have
Euripides
Crater on Mercury
Sophocles is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976, after the Greek dramatist Sophocles. Zeami crater
Sophocles_(crater)
SS Sophocles was a 12,300-ton ocean liner of the Aberdeen Line launched in 1921, and later sold to the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line. Sophocles was built
SS_Sophocles_(1921)
Greek mythological hero
major Greek tragedians. Of the four plays, Sophocles' Philoctetes is the only one that has survived. Sophocles' Philoctetes at Troy, Aeschylus' Philoctetes
Philoctetes
British photographer of Greek descent
Sophocles Alexiou (born 1961 in Chelsea, London, England) is a British photographer of Greek descent. He works as a commercial photographer, his main
Sophocles_Alexiou
Lost tragedy by Sophocles
these elements from Sophocles. It is important however to note that other than Phaedra's small appearance in the Odyssey, Sophocles and Euripides themselves
Phaedra_(Sophocles_play)
New Translations. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Sophocles. The Complete Sophocles: Volume I: The Theban Plays. Ed. Peter Burian and Alan Shapiro
List of extant ancient Greek and Roman plays
List_of_extant_ancient_Greek_and_Roman_plays
Ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles
Athenian tragedian Sophocles. It was written shortly before Sophocles's death in 406 BC and produced by his grandson (also called Sophocles) at the Festival
Oedipus_at_Colonus
Species of ant in Sri Lanka
Polyrhachis sophocles is a species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. "Species: Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) sophocles Forel, 1908"
Polyrhachis_sophocles
Greek university professor (1807–1883)
Modern Greek studies. Evangelinos Apostolides Sophocles' father's name was Apostolos. The name Sophocles was given to him by his teacher Anthimos Gazis
Evangelinos Apostolides Sophocles
Evangelinos_Apostolides_Sophocles
Software for writing screenplays
of Sophocles 2007 was to be made available in three editions: Sophocles Basic included the core word-processing and formatting engines. Sophocles Pro
Sophocles_(software)
Greek guitar teacher and publisher (1893–1986)
Sophocles Papas (494-00189 / CO 160). Six Easy Flamenco Variations, arranged by Sophocles Papas (494-00215 / CO 117) Elisabeth Papas Smith: Sophocles
Sophocles_Papas
Lost play by Sophocles
based on which fragments are traditionally assigned to Sophocles' play can be dubious, though Sophocles' version can be distinguished from others as Aeschylus'
Niobe_(Sophocles_play)
Figure from Greek mythology
Homer, Odyssey, 3.6. Sophocles has Clytemnestra willingly enter into the relationship. Sophocles, Electra, 266-282. Sophocles, Electra, 530-550. Homer
Clytemnestra
Cypriot politician
the latter's resignation in 2012. "Sophocles SOPHOCLEOUS". European Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2014. "Sophocles SOPHOCLEOUS - Curriculum vitae". European
Sophocles_Sophocleous
Form of theatre from Ancient Greece
presented by actors. The most acclaimed Greek tragedians are Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. These tragedians often explored many themes of human nature
Greek_tragedy
Fictional character
1907, p. 1317. Kiso, A. (1984). The Lost Sophocles. New York: Vantage Press. Lloyd-Jones, H. (1996). Sophocles: Fragments. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University
Euryalus_(son_of_Odysseus)
Greek mythological Queen of Thebes
Vol. XI. pp. 634–644. Seneca. Oedipus. pp. 1024–1041. Sophocles, The Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles edited with introduction and notes by Sir Richard Jebb
Jocasta
Figure from Greek mythology
Heinemann, 1918, Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Sophocles, The Ajax of Sophocles - Edited with introduction and notes by Sir Richard Jebb, Sir
Agamemnon
Cameroonian-Greek basketball player (born 1985)
Sofoklis Schortsanitis (Greek: Σοφοκλής Σχορτσανίτης; born 22 June 1985) is a Greek-Cameroonian former professional basketball player and Olympian. An
Sofoklis_Schortsanitis
2018 play by Robert Icke
play by Robert Icke. It is a reimagining of the play Oedipus Tyrannos by Sophocles, set on the evening of an election. Oedipus is a politician on the verge
Oedipus_(Icke_play)
Greek mythological figure
Despot by Dr. Andrew Porter. Harvard (CHS) Pp. 110-196. Sophocles, The Electra of Sophocles edited with introduction and notes by Sir Richard Jebb. Cambridge
Iphianassa (daughter of Agamemnon)
Iphianassa_(daughter_of_Agamemnon)
Lost play from Ancient Greece
wounds excessively, as Cicero believed the character did in Sophocles' play. In The Lost Sophocles, D. F. Sutton suggests that Odysseus Acanthoplex was possibly
Odysseus_Acanthoplex
Mythical Trojan prince and seer
pp. 43–45 Sophocles, Philoctetes 1338; Euripides, Hecuba 89; Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2.7; Dares Phrygius, 12; Hyginus, Fabulae 128 Sophocles, Philoctetes
Helenus_(son_of_Priam)
Twentieth season of the ''Pokémon'' animated television series
Alola region, befriends his classmates, Lillie, Lana, Mallow, Kiawe, Sophocles, and participates in the island challenge to learn the power of Z-Moves
Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon
Pokémon_the_Series:_Sun_&_Moon
British translator and director (1927–2021)
published Electra and Other Plays including four of his translations of Sophocles' tragedies: Electra, Ajax, Women of Trachis, Philoctetes. Raeburn additionally
David_Raeburn
Epic poem by Quintus of Smyrna
armor. It is decided that Odysseus will receive the armor. Similar to Sophocles' play Ajax, this leads to Ajax's suicide, and Odysseus speaks his regret
Posthomerica
Character in Greek mythology
and Civilization: An Interpretation of Sophocles. U of Oklahoma P. pp. 190–95. ISBN 9780806131368. Sophocles, Antigone 1180, 1300 and passim Statius
Eurydice_(wife_of_Creon)
King of Mycenae, father of Agamemnon and Menelaus
The Oresteia by Aeschylus Orestes and Electra by Euripedes Electra by Sophocles Iphigeneia in Tauris and Iphigenia at Aulis by Euripedes /ˈeɪtriəs/ AY-tri-əs
Atreus
In Greek mythology, a king of Salmydessus
Rhodes, 2.178 Scholia on Sophocles, Antigone 989 Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 12.69 Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes, 2.178; Sophocles, Antigone 966–76 Idaea
Phineus
Legendary war in Greek mythology
inspired by the Trojan War. The three great tragedians of Athens: Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, wrote a number of dramas that portray episodes from the
Trojan_War
Greek mythological figure
Variants of the story are found in later poets: for example, in a tragedy by Sophocles, Odysseus Acanthoplex (which also does not survive), Odysseus finds out
Telegonus_(son_of_Odysseus)
Italian film by Pier Paolo Pasolini
the film is faithfully adapted from Sophocles' play Oedipus Rex. Much of the dialogue is taken straight from Sophocles. The first half depicts the events
Oedipus_Rex_(1967_film)
Concubine of Ajax the Greater
Retrieved December 18, 2024. Sophocles, Ajax 284–330 Roman & Roman 2010, p. 43. Sophocles, Ajax 201-283 Sophocles, Ajax 348-363 Sophocles, Ajax 392-595 Hard 2004
Tecmessa (daughter of Teleutas)
Tecmessa_(daughter_of_Teleutas)
Mythological princess of Thebes
[=Sallust's preface to Sophocles Antigone.] Porter 1999, p. 32. Salazar, Fortunato (December 19, 2018). "Did Translators of Sophocles Silence Ismene Because
Ismene
Era in Greece from (c. 1200 – c. 800 BC)
Mimnermus Panyassis Philocles Pindar Plutarch Polybius Sappho Simonides Sophocles Stesichorus Theognis Thucydides Timocreon Tyrtaeus Xenophon Others Athenian
Greek_Dark_Ages
Greek professor
Michaëlides. "Dr. Sophocles Sophocleous". Lefkosia, Cyprus: Center of Cultural Heritage Cyprus. 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2015. "Dr. Sophocles Sophocleous
Sophocles Sophocleous (academic)
Sophocles_Sophocleous_(academic)
Cypriot archaeologist
Sophocles Hadjisavvas (Greek: Σοφοκλής Χατζησάββας) (b. 1944) is a Cypriot archaeologist and director of the Department of Antiquities between 1998 and
Sophocles_Hadjisavvas
Greek mythological champions who made war against Thebes
Gantz, p. 516 Sophocles, Antigone 141–147. Sophocles, Antigone 127–140. Sophocles, Antigone 21–38. Hard, pp. 322–323; Gantz, p. 520; Sophocles, Antigone 45–99
Seven_against_Thebes
Ancient Greek goddess
Harper&Row Publishers, ISBN 978-0-06-090854-6 Wunder, Eduard (1855). Sophocles' Oedipus rex, Oedipus Colonaeus, Electra, Antigone. Vol. I. London: Williams
Athena
Princess from Greek mythology
in Greek myth and literature, LICS 7.1 (December 2008). PDF Sophocles, Ajax in Sophocles. Ajax. Electra. Oedipus Tyrannus. Edited and translated by Hugh
Aerope
Group of performers who comment on a drama
accompaniments to their own tragedies or had accompaniments commissioned, and Sophocles accompanied at least one of his plays on the cithara, an ancient lyre-like
Greek_chorus
Country in Southeastern Europe
a limited number of plays by three authors have survived: Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. The surviving plays by Aristophanes are a treasure trove
Greece
Tragedy by Sophocles
both from The Birds and from a scholiast that Sophocles' play came first. Some scholars believe that Sophocles' Tereus was influenced by Euripides' Medea
Tereus_(play)
Fragmentary satyr play by Sophocles
Sophocles, edited and translated by Richard Johnson Walker (1919) London: Burns and Oates Ltd. "The Searchers" (Ιχνευται), pp. 140–177 in Sophocles,
Ichneutae
Ancient Greek god of the sea
Phorcys brought her back to life with fire. According to a fragment of Sophocles, Phorcys is the father of the Sirens. The scholiast on Apollonius of Rhodes
Phorcys
Greek politician (1894–1964)
December 1935. Page 33. "International record for Sophocles Venizelos". World Bridge Federation. Sophocles Venizelos at the Library of Congress, with 1 library
Sofoklis_Venizelos
Deme of the phyle Aegeis of ancient Attica
as described by Sophocles, who was born there, in his Oedipus at Colonus. The natural beauties of the spot are described by Sophocles in the magnificent
Colonus_(Attica)
Body of myths originating in ancient Greece
central to classical Athenian drama. The tragic playwrights Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides took most of their plots from myths of the age of heroes
Greek_mythology
Legendary Greek king of Ithaca
Aeschylus, Sophocles (Ajax, Philoctetes) and Euripides (Hecuba, Rhesus, Cyclops) and figured in still more that have not survived. In his Ajax, Sophocles portrays
Odysseus
British writer (1916–2007)
New York Times, November 25 2007 Paul Roche at IMDb Sophocles (1958), The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles, trans. Paul Roche, New York: New American Library
Paul_Roche
Son of the Greek playwright Sophocles (5th century BCE)
Greek: Ἀρίστων) was a son of the renowned playwright of ancient Greece, Sophocles, by Theoris, and brother to Iophon, who was also a playwright. He lived
Ariston_(son_of_Sophocles)
Ancient Greek god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses
Thebes, Kronios (Κρόνιος) (Pindar) and semnos (σεμνός), "august, holy" (Sophocles). Some of Poseidon's epithets are related to festivals and athletic games
Poseidon
Island country in the Mediterranean Sea
Hague Conventions—both ratified by Turkey—amount to what archaeologist Sophocles Hadjisavvas called "the organised destruction of Greek and Christian heritage
Cyprus
American classical scholar
most influential work is Tragedy and Civilization: an Interpretation of Sophocles (1981), in which he presents a structuralist approach to Greek theatre
Charles_Segal_(classicist)
Ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles
BC, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles. Women of Trachis is generally considered to be less developed than Sophocles' other works, and its dating has
Women_of_Trachis
Canadian poet and academic (born 1950)
Aeschylus, Catullus, Euripides, Homer, Ibycus, Mimnermus, Sappho, Simonides, Sophocles, Stesichorus, and Thucydides. She also draws on the works of more modern
Anne_Carson
Ancient Greek god
Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Sophocles, Oedipus Rex Palaephatus, On Unbelievable Tales 46. Hyacinthus (330 BCE)
Apollo
Festivals of Dionysus in ancient Athens
Aeschylus (The Oresteia); Sophocles took 2nd place 449 BC - Herakleides 44? BC - Sophocles (Antigone). 441 BC - Euripides 438 BC - Sophocles; Euripides took 2nd
Dionysia
Historic era of Mediterranean history
and are celebrated in the literature of Homer and of others, such as Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripides. The Greek heroes can be grouped into an approximate
Greek_Heroic_Age
New Zealand actor, musician and filmmaker (born 1974)
Their son, Sophocles Iraia, was born in October 2008 in New York City and is named after Manasiadis's Greek great-grandfather Sophocles, and Clement's
Jemaine_Clement
Greek mythical figure
appeared as a character in Sophocles, The Lovers of Achilles, see Lloyd-Jones, p. 58, and probably played an important role in Sophocles' Scyrians, see Kotlinska-Toma
Phoenix_(son_of_Amyntor)
Greek literature specialist
Fragmentary Greek Tragedy (Cambridge, with Lyndsay Coo) 2019 - Sophocles (Cambridge) 2018 - Sophocles: Oedipus the King (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries)
Patrick_Finglass
Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
play, Libation Bearers) and also in Sophocles' Electra, although the relative dating of Euripides' and Sophocles' plays remain uncertain. In his tragedy
Electra_(Euripides_play)
1996 translation by Robert Fagles
literature, previously translating works by Bacchylides, Aeschylus and Sophocles. Robert Fagles (1933–2008) was an academic and a translator. He gained
Odyssey (Robert Fagles translation)
Odyssey_(Robert_Fagles_translation)
Adaptation of Antigone by Sophocles
known as The Antigone of Sophocles, is an adaptation by the German dramatist Bertolt Brecht of Hölderlin's translation of Sophocles' tragedy. It was first
Antigone_(Brecht_play)
1957 Canadian film
production of the William Butler Yeats adaptation of the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. The actors performed wearing masks designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch, as
Oedipus_Rex_(1957_film)
British classical scholar
and has published an edition within this series of Sophocles’ Trachiniae (1982). Books Sophocles: Trachiniae, edited, Cambridge, 1982 Greek Religion
P._E._Easterling
Trojan hero in Greek mythology
Plutarch described as a masterpiece on par with those of Aeschylus and Sophocles Hector is mentioned in several poems in the Greek Anthology, a large collection
Hector
Tragedy by Seneca
In Sophocles’ play, Jocasta hangs herself, and Oedipus subsequently discovers her lifeless body. In Seneca, Laius names his killer. In Sophocles, Oedipus’
Oedipus_(Seneca)
Archaeological site in Greece
throne. This story is told in numerous plays, including the Oresteia, Sophocles' Electra, and Euripides' Electra. Orestes then built a larger state in
Mycenae
English actor and director (born 1962)
director Jonathan Kent, playing the title role in Oedipus the King by Sophocles, at the National Theatre in London. In 2008, he played the Duke of Devonshire
Ralph_Fiennes
Lost play by Sophocles (performed 468 BC)
younger Sophocles towards his rival. The first-century BC historian Dionysius of Halicarnassus preserves the following iambic verses, in which Sophocles makes
Triptolemos_(play)
Figures in Greek mythology
1888–1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library. Sophocles, The Ajax of Sophocles edited with introduction and notes by Sir Richard Jebb. Cambridge
Tecmessa
Greek epic attributed to either Homer or Creophylus of Samos
the use of Medea as a parallel in Οἰχαλίας Ἅλωσις. In Sophocles' Women of Trachis. Strabo. Geography, 9.301. Sophocles. "The Women of Trachis". v t e
Capture_of_Oechalia
Literary work
example is the Theban plays of Sophocles. The plot of Oedipus Rex may have been influenced by the Oedipodea. Sophocles also wrote another tragedy, Epigoni
Theban_Cycle
Set of mythological Greek characters
ISBN 978-0-674-99629-8. Online version at Harvard University Press. Sophocles, Ajax in Sophocles. Ajax. Electra. Oedipus Tyrannus. Edited and translated by Hugh
Nauplius_(mythology)
1944 play by Jean Anouilh
pronunciation: [ɑ̃tiɡɔn]) is a tragedy inspired by the play of the same name by Sophocles. Antigone was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre de l'Atelier on
Antigone_(Anouilh_play)
Greek mythical figure
1919. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library. Sophocles, The Ajax of Sophocles edited with introduction and notes by Sir Richard Jebb. Cambridge
Teucer
British writer and scholar
Edinburgh (PhD) Thesis Oedipus on the Nile: translations and adaptations of Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannos in Egypt, 1900-1970 (2017) Doctoral advisor Marilyn
Raphael_Cormack
Ancient Greek satyr play by Euripides
Michael. Sophocles and Alcibiades : Athenian Politics in Ancient Greek Literature. Stocksfield [U.K.]: Acumen, 2008. p.85 Vickers, Michael. Sophocles and Alcibiades :
Cyclops_(play)
American poet and academic (1916–1979)
his research into the Greek playwrights, particularly Sophocles, and into Homer, He wrote Sophocles: A Study in Heroic Humanism in 1951 which won him the
Cedric_Whitman
5th-century BC Athenian tragic poet
against Sophocles' Oedipus Rex. Philocles also wrote a play on the subject of Tereus, which was parodied in Aristophanes' The Birds along with Sophocles' treatment
Philocles
Lost tragedy by Aeschylus
Chrysostom, who compared the Philoctetes plays of Aeschylus, Euripides and Sophocles. The few extant fragments from the play are not much use in reconstructing
Philoctetes_(Aeschylus_play)
American artist
paintings, his fame rests primarily on a single bronze sculpture, "The Young Sophocles". This bronze was originally cast in 1885, but later castings are known
John_Talbott_Donoghue
2010 film by Shyamaprasad
Kerala. It draws strongly on four adaptations of the myth: Electra by Sophocles, Electra by Euripides, Oresteia by Aeschylus and Mourning Becomes Electra
Elektra_(2010_film)
English writer, broadcaster, classicist, and comedian (born 1974)
Series No. of episodes Subjects First broadcast dates 1 4 Aspasia, Virgil, Sophocles, Petronius. 24 March – 14 April 2014 2 4 Aristophanes, Ovid, Plato, Agrippina
Natalie_Haynes
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