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Sophocles was born around 496 B.C. in Colonus (near Athens), Greece. In 480, he was selected to lead the paean (choral chant to a god) celebrating the decisive Greek sea victory over the Persians at the Battle of Salamis. He served as a treasurer and general for Athens when it was expanding its empire and influence. He wrote approximately 123 plays including Ajax, Antigone, Oedipus Tyrannus, Trachiniae, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus. His last recorded act was to lead a chorus in public mourning for Euripides. He died in 406 B. C. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Antigone / Oedipus Rex / Oedipus at Colonus… (more)
Oedipus Rex (Author) 6,182 copies, 66 reviews
Antigone (Author) 5,115 copies, 62 reviews
The Complete Plays of Sophocles (Author) 2,091 copies, 15 reviews
Oedipus at Colonus (Author) 513 copies, 15 reviews
Philoctetes (translation) 385 copies, 5 reviews
Antigone; Oedipus the King 367 copies, 3 reviews
Ajax [in translation] 353 copies, 22 reviews
Women of Trachis [in translation] 227 copies, 3 reviews
Electra [Greek text] (Author) 108 copies
Ajax 94 copies
Sophocles 86 copies
Ajax; Antigone; Oedipus the King (Author) 75 copies, 1 review
Five Great Greek Tragedies (Thrift Edition) (Contributor) 74 copies, 1 review
Plays of the Greek Dramatists (Contributor) 50 copies
Eén familie, acht tragedies (Author) 33 copies
Sophocles' Antigone [adapted] 28 copies, 1 review
Eschyle - Sophocle : Tragiques grecs (Author) 27 copies, 1 review
Ajax; Electra 22 copies
Sophoclis Tragoediae 21 copies, 2 reviews
Tracking Satyrs 17 copies
Antigone 15 copies
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Electra (Greek) 10 copies
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Electra 8 copies
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Tragèdies 5 copies
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Tragedias 4 copies
Werke 2 4 copies
Sophocles 3 copies
edipo Rei 3 copies
Sengrieķu traģēdijas (Author) 3 copies
OEDIPE ROI 3 copies
Sophokles 2 copies
Teatro 2 copies
Tragedias 2 copies, 1 review
TRAGEDIAS 2 copies, 1 review
Tragedias y fragmentos 2 copies, 1 review
Sophocles I 2 copies
Tragedier 2 copies
Edipo rey 2 copies
Filoctetes 2 copies
Tragedias 2 copies
Tragedie 2 copies
Sophocles 2 copies
Oedipus 2 copies
[Oeuvres] 2 copies
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Ødipus 1 copy
Electra 1 copy
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Edipo Rey 1 copy
Αίας 1 copy
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Ayax 1 copy
The Oedipus Cycle 1 copy, 1 review
Antigoné 1 copy
No title 1 copy
Oidipus 1 copy
Tragedias 1 copy
Ajax 1 copy
Oedipe Roi 1 copy
ادیپ شهریار 1 copy, 1 review
Αιας 1 copy
Antigona 1 copy
Ántigona 1 copy
Tragoedien 1 copy
Électre 1 copy
Tragédies 1 copy
Werke 1 copy
Le tragedie di Sofocle (Author) 1 copy
Oidipus Sang Raja 1 copy, 1 review
Sochocles II 1 copy, 1 review
Tragedias 1 copy
Tragedias I 1 copy, 1 review
Antigone 1 copy
Tragèdies 1 copy
Rei Édipo 1 copy
Tragèdies 1 copy, 1 review
Ødipus 1 copy
Antigone 1 copy
Greek Tragedies, Volume 1 (Contributor) 1,324 copies, 1 review
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (Contributor, some editions) 882 copies, 7 reviews
Greek tragedies, Volume 3 (Contributor; Contributor, some editions) 618 copies, 1 review
The Best Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis (Contributor) 516 copies, 11 reviews
Greek Drama (Bantam Classics) (Contributor) 461 copies, 1 review
Greek tragedies, Volume 2 (Contributor) 457 copies, 2 reviews
Seven Famous Greek Plays (Contributor) 413 copies, 2 reviews
The Portable Greek Reader (Contributor, some editions) 377 copies
Eight Great Tragedies (Contributor) 375 copies, 1 review
Literature: The Human Experience (Contributor) 327 copies
Ten Greek Plays in Contemporary Translations (Contributor) 296 copies, 1 review
The Complete Greek tragedies (Contributor) 203 copies, 1 review
Masterpieces of the Drama (Contributor) 171 copies, 2 reviews
An Anthology of Greek Drama: First Series (Author) 127 copies, 2 reviews
Four Greek Plays (Contributor) 73 copies, 1 review
Four Famous Greek Plays (Contributor) 73 copies, 1 review
Antigone. Variazioni sul mito (Inspiration) 15 copies
Oedipus Rex [1967 film] (Original play) 13 copies
Oedipe ou Le Roi boiteux (Inspiration) 7 copies
Drie Griekse tragedies (Contributor) 6 copies
Orpheus ; Oedipus Rex ; The infernal machine (Author, some editions) 5 copies
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