Author:Sophocles

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Sophocles (496 BCE–406 BCE)

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Sophocles

Scans

Works

• Trachiniae, (430 BCE) trans. by R. C. Jebb (1917)
• Antigone, (441 BCE) trans. by R. C. Jebb (1917)
• Oedipus at Colonus, (c. 410 BCE) trans. by F. Storr (1912)
• Oedipus the King, (427 BCE) trans. by E. H. Plumptre (1909)
• Ajax, (c. 410 BCE) trans. by R. C. Jebb (1917)
• Electra, (c. 410 BCE) trans. by R. C. Jebb (1917)
• Philoctetes, (c. 409 BCE) trans. by R. C. Jebb (1917)
• Fragments of Lost Dramas[1]
• The Seven Plays translated into English Verse by Lewis Campbell (1900)

Works about Sophocles

• Paul Shorey, “Sophocles,” The New International Encyclopædia. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1905.
• “The Genius of Sophocles” and “Suidas on the Change Ascribed to Sophocles in Regard to Trilogies” in Essays and Addresses by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1907)

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.