41. The Internet Classics Archive | Electra By Sophocles Complete text of the play by sophocles. http://classics.mit.edu/Sophocles/electra.html

Home Browse and Comment Search ... Help Electra By Sophocles Commentary: Many comments have been posted about Electra Read them or add your own Reader Recommendations: Recommend a Web site you feel is appropriate to this work, list recommended Web sites , or visit a random recommended Web site Download: A 72k text-only version is available for download Electra By Sophocles Written 410 B.C.E Translated by R. C. Jebb Dramatis Personae ORESTES, son of Agamemnon and CLYTEMNESTRA ELECTRA, sister of ORESTES CHRYSOTHEMIS, sister of ORESTES AN OLD MAN, formerly the PAEDAGOGUS or Attendant Of ORESTES CLYTEMNESTRA AEGISTHUS CHORUS OF WOMEN OF MYCENAE Mute Persons PYLADES, son of Strophius, King of Crisa, the friend Of ORESTES. A handmaid of CLYTEMNESTRA. Two attendants of ORESTES Scene At Mycenae, before the palace of the Pelopidae. It is morning and the new-risen sun is bright. The PAEDAGOGUS enters on the left of the spectators, accompanied by the two youths, ORESTES and PYLADES. PAEDAGOGUS Son of him who led our hosts at Troy of old, son of Agamemnon!- now thou mayest behold with thine eyes all that thy soul hath desired so long. There is the ancient Argos of thy yearning,- that hallowed scene

42. Sophocles 15. sophocles. Works (1502). 8° ; 392 p.; 165 x 96mm. The 1502 Aldine isthe first printing in Greek of the fifth century BC tragedian sophocles. http://www.lib.byu.edu/~aldine/15Sophocles.html

15. Sophocles. Works The 1502 Aldine is the first printing in Greek of the fifth century B.C. tragedian Sophocles. It was valued as an accurate text through the early twentieth century. In this publication Aldus describes a new organization: "As we sat in a semi-circle at the fire in the cold of this winter with our fellow New Academicians [it was determined that] when I . . . printed Sophocles' seven tragedies in small format I [should] publish them out of our New Academy." Its members were to speak only classical Greek to each other; anyone who failed to do so would be fined until enough had been collected for a party, at which time the Academicians would "entertain [themselves] grandly and not in the style reserved for the printers, but in a fashion worthy of men who are already dreaming of the [New Academy]." Exhibit Home Page Greek and Latin Classics

43. Ajax Summary and analysis of the play by sophocles. http://www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/bates023.html

AJAX A summary and analysis of the play by Sophocles This document was originally published in The Drama: Its History, Literature and Influence on Civilization, vol. 1 . ed. Alfred Bates. London: Historical Publishing Company, 1906. pp. 142-151. In the tragic fate of Ajax, the bravest of all the Greeks, save only Achilles, the poet teaches that men, though excelling in strength and riches, should never boast or utter impious words against the gods. All human things A day lays low, a day lifts up again; But still the gods love those of ordered soul, And hate the evil. The play opens in the interior of his tent, where he calls on his friends to slay him: "Never yet has such shame fallen on me, that I, who ever faced the foe fearless in fight, should now have shown my prowess on these poor, harmless beasts. Well may my enemies laugh at me in their delight! Would that I might slay them, then die myself! For I, like to whom Troy has found no other hero, am stricken with dishonor! Can I go home? How can I look Telamon, my father, in the face, if I return without the victor's spoil, when he himself came back with glory's noblest crown? Shall I go alone against the Trojan walls, and there seek death in noble combat? That would but gladden the Atridæ. No; I must seek some perilous enterprise, that my show my father that I am no degenerate scion of his stock. Either noble life or death becomes the brave."

44. Concordances Of Sophocles Concordances sophocles. Send this site to a friend! Oedipus Trilogy - sophocles- translation by F. Storr, BA. Text and Search Word Indexes of Classic Books. http://www.concordance.com/sophocles.htm

45. The Internet Classics Archive | Ajax By Sophocles Complete text of the play by sophocles. http://classics.mit.edu/Sophocles/ajax.html

Home Browse and Comment Search ... Help Ajax By Sophocles Commentary: Several comments have been posted about Ajax Read them or add your own Reader Recommendations: Recommend a Web site you feel is appropriate to this work, list recommended Web sites , or visit a random recommended Web site Download: A 65k text-only version is available for download Ajax By Sophocles Written 440 B.C.E Translated by R. C. Trevelyan Dramatis Personae ATHENA ODYSSEUS AJAX CHORUS OF SALAMINIANS TECMESSA, concubine of AJAX MESSENGER TEUCER, half-brother of AJAX MENELAUS AGAMEMNON Mute Persons EURYSACES, child of AJAX and TECMESSA Attendants, Heralds, etc. Scene Before the tent of AJAX in the Greek camp at Troy. It is dawn. ODYSSEUS is discovered examining the ground before the tent. ATHENA appears from above. ATHENA Son of Laertes, ever do I behold thee Scheming to snatch some vantage o'er thy foes. And now among the tents that guard the ships Of Ajax, camped at the army's outmost verge, Long have I watched thee hunting in his trail, And scanning his fresh prints, to learn if now He be within or forth. Skilled in the chase

46. Sophocles - Wikipedia Other languages Deutsch Polski. sophocles. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.sophocles (496 BC 406 BC), was an Athenian dramatist and politician. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophocles

Main Page Recent changes Edit this page Older versions Special pages Set my user preferences My watchlist Recently updated pages Upload image files Image list Registered users Site statistics Random article Orphaned articles Orphaned images Popular articles Most wanted articles Short articles Long articles Newly created articles All pages by title Blocked IP addresses Maintenance page External book sources Printable version Talk Log in Help Other languages: Deutsch Polski Sophocles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sophocles 496 BC 406 BC ), was an Athenian dramatist and politician. He is known as the second of the three great Greek tragedians, preceded by Aeschylus and followed by Euripides He distinguished himself at an early age: At the Athenian celebration of the victory at Salamis (480 B.C.), the 16-year-old Sophocles was the leader of the chorus of dancing and singing naked boys. A long line of scholars, beginning with Aristotle , considered Sophocles to be the greatest playwright among the ancients. He also won the Festival of Dionysus , an ancient dramatic festival, more times than any other.

47. Sophocles Biography Biography of sophocles adapted for IH students by Professor MitchellBoyaskfrom the Perseus on-line Encyclopedia entry. by Professor http://oll.temple.edu/ih/IH51/Greeks/Sophocles/SophoclesBio.htm

INTELLECTUAL HERITAGE 51 CLASSICAL GREEK RELIGIOUS HUMANIST ... Plato Biography of Sophocles adapted for IH students by Professor Mitchell-Boyask from the Perseus on-line Encyclopedia entry by Professor Robin Mitchell-Boyask, GHR Classics Birth : at Colonus in Attica, c. 495 B.C.E. Death : in Athens, approximately 405 B.C.E. As with most authors of this period, our sources for the life of Sophocles are late, dominated by trivial details, entertaining but not very trustworthy. The little surviving contemporary testimony suggests that Sophocles was a man of great personal charm and happiness. In Aristophanes' Frogs , a comedy produced shortly after the deaths of Sophocles and Euripides, Dionysus, the patron god of tragedy, becomes frustrated with the lack of decent playwrights, proposes to descend into the underworld and bring Euripides back to life. The play evolves into a contest between Aeschylus and Euripides, whose styles most violently clashed, but Sophocles is mentioned three times during the play. Dionysus explains that he will not attempt to bring him back from Hades because Euripides was a scoundrel and would inevitably try to escape from Hades, but "Sophocles was good-natured here (i.e., on earth) and will be good-natured there (i.e., in the underworld)" (Aristophanes, Frogs 82) When Euripides first entered the Hades, he stole Aeschylus' seat and claimed primacy as chief poet in the underworld. Sophocles, however, who died shortly before Euripides, greeted Aeschylus with a kiss and clasped his hand. Should Euripides be victorious, then Sophocles would challenge Euripides, but if Aeschylus defeats Euripides, Sophocles would be content (

48. IH 51: Classical Foundations: Sophocles http://oll.temple.edu/ih/IH51/Greeks/Sophocles/SophoclesSet.htm

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49. Island Of Freedom - Sophocles sophocles. c. 496406 BC. According to tradition, sophocles wrote 123plays and won 24 victories in the city's annual dramatic contests. http://www.island-of-freedom.com/SOPHOCLE.HTM

Sophocles c. 496-406 B.C. And if my present deeds are foolish in thy sight, it may be that a foolish judge arraigns my folly. Rivendell's Drama Page Sophocles Page Perseus Encyclopedia - Sophocles On-line Plays from the Great Books Index The career of Sophocles, one of the three great tragic dramatists of ancient Greece, the other two being Aeschylus and Euripides, spanned the period of greatest political and cultural achievement in Athens. According to tradition, Sophocles wrote 123 plays and won 24 victories in the city's annual dramatic contests. Of these, only seven tragedies are preserved in full, but they are sufficient to reveal the playwright's genius. Sophocles' tragedies are usually regarded as the high point of Attic drama. The seven extant plays are Antigone Oedipus Tyrannus or Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King), Electra Ajax Trachiniae (Maidens of Trachis), Philoctetes , and Oedipus at Colonus (produced posthumously in 401 BC). Also preserved is a large fragment of the Ichneutae (Investigators), a satiric drama discovered on papyrus in Egypt about the turn of the 20th century. Of the surviving tragedies the earliest is thought to be

50. 84.02.03: Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex YaleNew Haven Teachers Institute, Home. sophocles’ Oedipus Rex. Oepidusthe King is sophocles’ farthest penetration into these mysteries. http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1984/2/84.02.03.x.html

Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute Home Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex by Maureen C. Howard Contents of Curriculum Unit 84.02.03: Narrative Notes Bibliography Teacher’s Bibliography ... To Guide Entry Tragedy was performed in Athens at the annual festival of Dionysus, the Great, or the City, Dionysia in late March. Competition was held on three successive mornings of the festival. Three tragic poets, who had been selected earlier in the year, each presented a tetralogy, consisting of three tragedies and a satyr play. Additional festivities included comic and dithyrambic contests, religious processions and rituals of various kinds. At the close of the festival ten judges chosen by lot determined the winners and awarded the prizes. The poets wrote the plays, composed accompanying music, directed the production, supervised rehearsals, and in earlier times acted the role of the protagonist. The choregus, who paid the cost of the production, was a wealthy citizen appointed by the government to do this public service. In turn the choregus shared the praise and the awards won by the poet. Tickets were originally free since attendance was seen as a civic and religious obligation as well as entertainment. Eventually there was a charge for the tickets; however, the state provided funds for citizens who could not afford the price. Tragedy developed from ancient dithyramb or choral lyric, which was sung by the male chorus in honor of the god Dionysus at his annual festivals. Performances included group dancing and some brief dialogue between the leader and the chorus.

51. Biography/Sophocles Subject sophocles, 497 406 bce Authors Athenaios and Ion of Chios Work ‘Deipnosophistai’I, 20, and XIII, 603-604 sophocles was one of three great http://www.androphile.org/preview/Library/Biographies/Sophocles/Sophocles.htm

Subject: Sophocles , 497 - 406 bce Authors: Athenaios and Ion of Chios Work: Deipnosophistai I, 20, and XIII, 603-604 Sophocles was one of three great Greek tragic poets. He came from wealth, and moved easily in society. Over his productive life of over sixty years he wrote over 123 plays, of which only seven remain. BCE The historian Athenaios reported that Sophocles loved boys like Euripides loved women. The poet Ion of Chios relates: His neighbour, who was a schoolmaster of Eretria answered him: You are doubtless a sage poet, Sophocles, but Phrynichos did not express himself well in calling the cheeks of a beautiful boy purple, because, if a Persian had painted them with purple colour, the boy would appear no longer beautiful. Therefore one must not compare the beautiful to the obviously not beautiful. Sophocles laughed and said: So you also won t like the verse of Simonides that the Greeks appreciate so much: From purple lips the girl let flow her voice

52. The Sophocles Page The sophocles Page. The Plays of sophocles In Books The Complete Greek Tragedies,Volume II sophocles. Series in progress. Three plays by sophocles in print. http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/sophocle.htm

The Sophocles Page The Plays of Sophocles In Books The Complete Greek Tragedies, Volume II: Sophocles . Edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore. Chicago, 1959. The Three Theban Plays . Translated by Robert Fagles. Introduction and notes by Bernard Knox. Penguin, Greek Tragedy in New Translations . Series edited by William Arrowsmith and Herbert Golder. Oxford World Classics.c. 1973-. Series in progress. Three plays by Sophocles in print. On-Line Plays ( from M.I.T.): Oedipus the King Antigone Oedipus at Colonnus Ajax ... The Trachiniae About Sophocles Sophocles Criticism from Internet Public Library. Sophocles from Perseus Project. Back to Classics

53. Oedipus Trilogy By Sophocles Complete chapterindexed hypertext and e-text from Literature Project.Category Arts Literature sophocles Works Oedipus Trilogy......Oedipus Trilogy by sophocles. Download Microsoft Reader eBook, Download InstanteBook. Table of Contents. OEDIPUS THE KING OEDIPUS AT COLONUS ANTIGONE. http://www.literatureproject.com/oedipus/

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54. Historyforkids! Greek Literature sophocles Aeschylus is the first playwright whose plays survive,but sophocles (ca. Socrates was only a little younger than sophocles. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/literature/sophocles.htm

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55. - Great Books - sophocles (c. 495 BC406 BC), Brief Biography sophocles (496 BC -406 BC), was an Athenian dramatist and politician. He is known http://www.mala.bc.ca/~mcneil/soph.htm

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56. Sophocles sophocles. Born in 495 BC about a mile northwest of Athens, sophocleswas to become one of the great playwrights of the golden age. http://www.crystalinks.com/sophocles.html

SOPHOCLES Born in 495 B.C. about a mile northwest of Athens, Sophocles was to become one of the great playwrights of the golden age. The son of a wealthy merchant, he would enjoy all the comforts of a thriving Greek empire. He studied all of the arts. By the age of sixteen, he was already known for his beauty and grace and was chosen to lead a choir of boys at a celebration of the victory of Salamis. Twelve years later, his studies complete, he was ready to compete in the City Dionysiaa festival held every year at the Theatre of Dionysus in which new plays were presented. In his first competition, Sophocles took first prizedefeating none other than Aeschylus himself. More than 120 plays were to follow. He would go on to win eighteen first prizes, and he would never fail to take at least second. An accomplished actor, Sophocles performed in many of his own plays. In the Nausicaa or The Women Washing Clothes , he performed a juggling act that so fascinated his audience it was the talk of Athens for many years. However, the young athenian's voice was comparatively weak, and eventually he would give up his acting career to pursue other ventures.

57. Riley Collection: Greeks: Sophocles a series of web pages on Roman Imperial portrait sculptures at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art and their historical and cultural context. http://www.vroma.org/~riley/sophocles/

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58. Sophocles Links Selected Web Resources on sophocles. Robin MitchellBoyask's course, GreekDrama and Culture, with study guides for many of sophocles' plays; http://www.vroma.org/~riley/sophocles/portrait_links.html

Selected Web Resources on Sophocles Biography Images Texts Related Materials Biography brief introduction to Sophocles and his plays (at About.com) more detailed life of Sophocles (see #3) from the Perseus Database Images Information about, and images and plans of, the Theater of Dionysus in the Perseus Database Dr. J's Illustrated South Slope of the Acropolis: The Theater of Dionysos The Theater of Dionysus is at the middle bottom of this aerial view of the slope of the acropolis Reconstruction of the theater of Dionysus (at Didaskalia) The Aldine manuscript of Sophocles' works: facsimile reproductions and explanation Texts Works of Sophocles (in English) in the Internet Classics Archive Browse or search the Greek texts (or English) of Sophocles' plays in the Perseus Database Andrew Wilson's Oedipus page , including the Oedipus Game Janice Siegel's, The Sphinx and Oedipus Rex Roger Dunkle's Study Guide for Oedipus Rex New translation of Antigone , plus notes, by William Blake Tyrell and Larry Bennett at Diotima Robin Mitchell-Boyask's course

59. Drama: Sophocles Back to list sophocles (496?406 bc) LINKS Moonstruck sophocles http//www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc1.htm BIOGRAPHYsophocles (496?-406 bc). http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/drama/sophocles.htm

MM_preloadImages('../images/m_research_o.gif'); MM_preloadImages('../images/m_related_o.gif'); MM_preloadImages('../images/m_literary_o.gif'); MM_preloadImages('../images/m_essays_o.gif'); MM_preloadImages('../images/m_critical_o.gif'); MM_preloadImages('../images/m_poetry_o.gif'); MM_preloadImages('../images/m_fiction_o.gif'); Sophocles (496?-406 b.c.) LINKS Moonstruck: Sophocles http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc1.htm Maintained by the online bookstore Moonstruck, this site includes a brief biography of the playwright and provides links to sites about some of his important contemporaries. The Classics Pages: Sophocles the Man http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/sophocles.htm This page offers excerpts from The Life of Sophocles , which helps to define the character of the playwright. Rivendell's Drama Page http://www.watson.org/rivendell/dramagreeksophocles.html This Sophocles page at the Rivendell Educational Archive offers a biography, articles, English translations, and a bibliography. Great Books Index http://books.mirror.org/gb.sophocles.html

60. Drama Authors In Depth - Sophocles - Meyer Literature Biography (C. 496406 BC). Image of sophocles. Reproduced by permission of CORBIS/Bettmann.sophocles lived a long, productive life (496?–406 bc) in Athens. http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/literature/bedlit/authors_depth/sophocles.htm

top RESEARCH LINKS AUTHORS IN DEPTH Poetry In Depth Fiction In Depth ... Shakespeare Sophocles FOR INSTRUCTORS GLOSSARY Biography Chronology Biography (C. 496-406 B.C.) Image of Sophocles. Reproduced by permission of CORBIS/Bettmann. Oedipus the King Oedipus at Colonus , and Antigone Philoctetes Ajax Maidens of Trachis , and Electra His plays won numerous prizes at festival competitions because of his careful, subtle plotting and the sense of inevitability with which their action is charged. Moreover, his development of character is richly complex. Instead of relying on the extreme situations and exaggerated actions that earlier tragedians used, Sophocles created powerfully motivated characters who even today fascinate audiences with their psychological depth. Oedipus the King , which, it has been argued, is the most influential drama ever written. Chronology c. 496 B.C. Born at Colonus. Athenian victory over the Persians at Salamis. (Sophocles participates as a musician in the victory celebration.). Serves as one of the treasurers of the league against Persia.

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