Uploaded August 2017 | Updated September 2026, 16 hours ago
In this episode, we discuss the life, innovations, and works of the second great Athenian playwright, Sophocles; and we discuss the historicity and some of the major themes of his eight surviving plays—Antigone, Ajax, Oedipus Rex, The Trackers, The Women of Trachis, Philoctetes, Electra, and Oedipus at Colonus.
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In this episode, we discuss the life, innovations, and works of the second great Athenian playwright, Sophocles; and we discuss the historicity and some of the major themes of his eight surviving plays—Antigone, Ajax, Oedipus Rex, The Trackers, The Women of Trachis, Philoctetes, Electra, and Oedipus at Colonus.
This episode is brought to you by Audible. With an unmatched selection of audiobooks, listeners to the History of Ancient Greece can get a free audiobook with a 30-day free trial at audible.com/ancientgreece.
Show Notes: thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2017/08/051-sophocles.html
