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Sophocles
(497 – 406 BC)
THE ENGLISH LOVERS
 Sophocles is one of the ancient Greek Tragedians whose plays are
survived.
 Sophocles wrote 123 plays during the course of his life but only
seven have survived in complete form, They are:
1. Ajax
2. Antigone
3. The Women of Trachis
4. Oedipus the King
5. Electra
6. Philoctetes and
7. Oedipus at Colonus
 The most famous tragedies of Sophocles feature Oedipus (means-
swollen foot) and also “Antigone”. They are generally known as the
“Theban Plays”. Although each play was actually a part of a different
tetralogy, the other members of which are now lost.
 He also developed his characters to a greater extent than earlier
playwrights such as Aeschylus.
 Only two of seven surviving plays can be dated securely i.e. “Philoctetes”
(409 BC) and “Oedipus at Colonus” (401 BC).
 Theban Plays:
It consists of three plays: “Oedipus the King (also called
Oedipus Tyrannus or by its Latin title Oedipus Rex), “Oedipus
at Colonus” and “Antigone”. All the three plays concern the fate
of Thebes during and after the reign of King Oedipus.
 According to Aristotle, Sophocles is responsible for introducing
the “Third Actor to Greek Stage” (Tritagonist).
THE ENGLISH LOVERS
THE ENGLISH LOVERS
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Sophecles (1)

  • 1. Sophocles (497 – 406 BC) THE ENGLISH LOVERS
  • 2.  Sophocles is one of the ancient Greek Tragedians whose plays are survived.  Sophocles wrote 123 plays during the course of his life but only seven have survived in complete form, They are: 1. Ajax 2. Antigone 3. The Women of Trachis 4. Oedipus the King 5. Electra 6. Philoctetes and 7. Oedipus at Colonus
  • 3.  The most famous tragedies of Sophocles feature Oedipus (means- swollen foot) and also “Antigone”. They are generally known as the “Theban Plays”. Although each play was actually a part of a different tetralogy, the other members of which are now lost.  He also developed his characters to a greater extent than earlier playwrights such as Aeschylus.  Only two of seven surviving plays can be dated securely i.e. “Philoctetes” (409 BC) and “Oedipus at Colonus” (401 BC).
  • 4.  Theban Plays: It consists of three plays: “Oedipus the King (also called Oedipus Tyrannus or by its Latin title Oedipus Rex), “Oedipus at Colonus” and “Antigone”. All the three plays concern the fate of Thebes during and after the reign of King Oedipus.  According to Aristotle, Sophocles is responsible for introducing the “Third Actor to Greek Stage” (Tritagonist).