1. Sophocles And His Tragedies Biography of ancient Greek dramatist sophocles and analysis of his poetic qualities. http://www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/sophocles001.html

SOPHOCLES AND HIS TRAGEDIES 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. 106-112. Purchase Books by Sophocles Colonus, a village near Athens, was the place of Sophocles' birth, and the date, 495 B.C., thus making him thirty years younger than Aeschylus and fifteen years older than Euripides In his younger days he appears to have been somewhat over fond of women and wine, and this he himself admits in one of his sayings recorded by Plato: "I thank old age for delivering me from the tyranny of my appetites." Yet, even in his later years, the charms of the gentler sex were at times too strong for the great dramatist. Aristophanes accused him of avarice, though there is nothing in what is known of Sophocles to substantiate the charge, and this is further disproved by the utter neglect of his affairs, which brought on him the imputation of lunacy, refuted by reading to his judges a passage from a newly-written play. The occasional excesses referred to appear to have been the only blemish on an otherwise blameless and contented life. Dramatic Career For more than sixty years after this event Sophocles continued to compose and exhibit tragedies and satyric dramas. Of the one hundred and eighty plays ascribed to him, probably seventeen were spurious, and the number of his first prizes is variously stated at from eighteen to twenty-four, with many second prizes, so that in this respect he left both Aeschylus and Euripides far behind. So far from being dulled with age and toil, his powers seem only to have assumed a mellower tone, a more touching pathos, a sweeter and gentler mode of thought and expression.

2. Sophocles A biography of the Greek dramatist; includes a list of related links. http://www.theatredatabase.com/ancient/sophocles_001.html

Home Ancient Theatre Medieval Theatre 16th Century ... 20th Century SOPHOCLES (C. 497 - 406 B.C.) The following biography was originally published in The Tragic Drama of the Greeks . A.E. Haigh. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1896. pp. 126-37. SOPHOCLES was born in the autumn of 497 [B.C.], twenty-eight years after Aeschylus . His father Sophillus, though not of aristocratic descent, was a rich man, his wealth being derived from the ownership of slaves employed in various manufactures. The deme to which the family belonged was Colonus, a village to the north-west of Athens, and about a mile distant from the city. It was here that Sophocles passed his boyhood; and the affection with which he always continued to regard his early home finds beautiful expression in the Oedipus Coloneus the latest of his tragedies, in which he dwells with tender recollection upon the charms of that "white Colonus," where the nightingale ever sings in the green glades amid the ivy and the vine, where the narcissus and the golden crocus bloom, and where the sleepless fountains of Cephisus wander over the swelling bosom of the land. He was educated with great care, according to the old Greek system, in which music, dancing, and gymnastics training played an important part. His instructor was Lamprus, a celebrated musician of the period, and a supporter of the antique and dignified style of music, as opposed to the more florid manner which was then being introduced. In these various exercises Sophocles displayed his pre-eminence from the very first; and the beauty of his form and his skill in dancing and in music were so conspicuous, that when, after the defeat of the Persians, a chorus of boys was chosen to sing a paean round the trophy of victory, he was selected to lead the chorus, and to play the accompaniment on the harp.

3. Sophocles (c. 496-406 B.C.) Biography of ancient Greek playwright sophoclesplus links to all of his works currently in print. http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc1.htm

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. In addition to his theatrical duties, Sophocles served for many years as an ordained priest in the service of two local heroesAlcon and Asclepius, the god of medicine. He also served on the Board of Generals, a committee that administered civil and military affairs in Athens, and for a time he was director of the Treasury, controlling the funds of the association of states known as the Delian Confederacy.

4. Sophocles - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia sophocles ((c. 497/6 BCE winter 406/5 BCE) was the second of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose work has survived. His first plays were written later than those of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophocles

Sophocles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search a cast of Sophocles Sophocles (pronounced /ˈsɒfəkliːz/ Sophoklēs , his name was very likely pronounced /sopʰoklɛ̂ːs/ ; (c. 497/6 BCE - winter 406/5 BCE) was the second of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose work has survived. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus and earlier than those of Euripides . According to the Suda , a 10th century encyclopedia , Sophocles wrote 123 plays during the course of his life, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax Antigone Trachinian Women Oedipus the King Electra Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus For almost 50 years, Sophocles was the most-feted playwright in the dramatic competitions of the city-state of Athens that took place during the religious festivals of the Lenaea and the Dionysia . Sophocles competed in around 30 competitions; he won perhaps 24 and was never judged lower than second place; in comparison, Aeschylus won 14 competitions and was defeated by Sophocles at times, while Euripides won only 4 competitions. The most famous of Sophocles' tragedies are those concerning Oedipus and Antigone : these are often known as the Theban plays , although each play was actually a part of different tetralogy , the other members of which are now lost. Sophocles influenced the development of the drama, most importantly by adding a third actor and thereby reducing the importance of the

5. Ancient Greek Online Library | Sophocles sophocles. Biography and plays by this great author sophocles Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation http://www.greektexts.com/library/Sophocles/index.html

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7. The Internet Classics Archive | Antigone By Sophocles Commentary Quite a few comments have been posted about Antigone. Download A 64k textonly version is available for download. http://classics.mit.edu/Sophocles/antigone.html

Home Browse and Comment Search ... Help Antigone By Sophocles Commentary: Quite a few comments have been posted about Antigone Download: A 64k text-only version is available for download Antigone By Sophocles Written 442 B.C.E Translated by R. C. Jebb Dramatis Personae daughters of Oedipus: ANTIGONE ISMENE CREON, King of Thebes EURYDICE, his wife HAEMON, his son TEIRESIAS, the blind prophet GUARD, set to watch the corpse of Polyneices FIRST MESSENGER SECOND MESSENGER, from the house CHORUS OF THEBAN ELDERS Scene The same as in Oedipus the King, an open space before the royal palace, once that of Oedipus, at Thebes. The backscene represents the front of the palace, with three doors, of which the central and largest is the principal entrance into the house. The time is at daybreak on the morning after the fall of the two brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices, and the flight of the defeated Argives. ANTIGONE calls ISMENE forth from the palace, in order to speak to her alone. ANTIGONE Ismene, sister, mine own dear sister, knowest thou what ill there is, of all bequeathed by Oedipus, that Zeus fulfils not for us twain

8. Sophocles: Poems An index of poems by the Greek dramatist sophocles. http://www.poetry-archive.com/s/sophocles.html

POEMS BY SOPHOCLES: The Chariot Race Long Life Not to be Desired Power of Love Praise of Colonus ... Strange that the Godless Prosper RELATED WEBSITES Ajax - Summary and analysis of the play by Sophocles. Antigone - Summary and analysis of the play by Sophocles. Electra - Summary and analysis of the play by Sophocles. The Life of Sophocles - A chronological outline of the poet's life. Oedipus Rex - Synopsis of the play by Sophocles. Poems by Greek Dramatists - An index of poems by the dramatists of ancient Greece. Sophocles - A biography. Sophocles - A biography and list of related links. Sophocles (c. 496-406 B.C.) - A biography. Sophocles and His Tragedies - Biography of the Greek dramatist and analysis of his poetic qualities. Sophocles: Bibliography - A list of his surviving works.

9. Sophocles: Biography From Answers.com Born c. 496 B.C. Birthplace Colonus (now Kolonos), Greece Died c. 406 B.C. Best Known As Greek dramatist who wrote Oedipus Tyrannus sophocles was a Greek dramatist whose http://www.answers.com/topic/sophocles

var isReferenceAnswers = true; BodyLoad('s'); On this page Library Animal Life Health History, Politics, Society ... Technology Sophocles Who2 Biography: Sophocles Playwright Home Library Miscellaneous Who2 Biographies Born: c. 496 B.C. Birthplace: Colonus (now Kolonos), Greece Died: c. 406 B.C. Best Known As: Greek dramatist who wrote Oedipus Tyrannus Sophocles was a Greek dramatist whose long career came between his contemporaries Aeschylus and Euripides. A respected public figure of Athens, he was both a priest and a general (an elected position), but he is best known for the many dramatic prizes he won after 468 B.C. Like the elder Aeschylus, Sophocles was known as an innovator. He is credited with introducing a third actor (the tradition was two), expanding the chorus from 12 to 15 players and replacing the trilogy form with self-contained tragedies. It is estimated he wrote more than 120 plays, of which only seven are extant (hundreds of fragments survived also). His most famous play, Oedipus Tyrannus (also known as Oedipus Rex or Oedipus the King ), is considered by many to be the apex of Greek dramatic irony. His other plays include

10. Sophocles - History For Kids! sophocles for Kids Aeschylus is the first playwright whose plays survive, but sophocles (ca. 496406 BC) is the second. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/literature/sophocles.htm

11. Sophocles: Monologues An index of monologues by the Greek dramatist sophocles. http://www.monologuearchive.com/s/sophocles.html

MONOLOGUES BY SOPHOCLES: Ajax - dramatic monologue for a woman. Ajax - dramatic monologue for a man. Ajax - dramatic monologue for a woman. Antigone - dramatic monologue for a man. Antigone - dramatic monologue for a man. Antigone - dramatic monologue for a man. Antigone - dramatic monologue for a man. Antigone - dramatic monologue for a woman. Antigone - dramatic monologue for a man. Electra - dramatic monologue for a woman. Electra - dramatic monologue for a woman. Electra - dramatic monologue for a woman. Electra - dramatic monologue for a woman. Oedipus at Colonus - dramatic monologue for a man. Oedipus Tyrannus - dramatic monologue for a man. Oedipus Tyrannus - dramatic monologue for a man. Oedipus Tyrannus - dramatic monologue for a man. Oedipus Tyrannus - dramatic monologue for a man. Philoctetes - dramatic monologue for a man.

12. Quotes & Phrases: Quotes By Sophocles “A short saying oft contains much wisdom.” sophocles “Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.” -sophocles http://quotesnphrases.blogspot.com/2007/01/quotes-by-sophocles.html

13. Drama: Sophocles Ajax Ajax is the earliest (maybe) Sophoclean play still in existence. He allegedly said that during this period he was trying to write like Aeschylus. http://drama.eserver.org/plays/classical/sophocles/

@import url(http://drama.eserver.org/ploneColumns.css); @import url(http://drama.eserver.org/plone.css); @import url(http://drama.eserver.org/ploneCustom.css); Skip to content. Drama Search Sections Home Criticism Journals Links ... Plays Personal tools You are not logged in Log in You are here: Home Plays Classical Sophocles Navigation Home Criticism Journals Links Plays Classical Aeschylus Aristophanes Sophocles Ajax Antigone Electra Oedipus Trilogy Philoctetes The Trachiniae Medieval Renaissance/Early Modern Seventeenth Century Eighteenth Century Nineteenth Century Modern Drama Contemporary Drama Sophocles Up one level Ajax Ajax is the earliest (maybe) Sophoclean play still in existence. He allegedly said that during this period he was trying to write like Aeschylus. Antigone Creon, the king of Thebes, forbids the burial of those who rebelled against his rule. Antigone, soon to marry Creon's son, disobeys this edict to bury her brother Polyneices. Electra It is extremely difficult to read this play without thinking of the middle portion of Aeschylus' trilogy.

14. 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 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 whence the gadfly drove the daughter of Inachus; and there, Orestes, is the Lycean Agora, named from the wolf-slaying god; there, on the left

15. Sophocles - Biography And Works sophocles. Biography of sophocles and a searchable collection of works. Authors 261 Books 2,949 Poems Short Stories 3,992 Forum Members 71,085 http://www.online-literature.com/sophocles/

The Literature Network Authors: 261 Books: 2,949 Forum Members: 71,085 Forum Posts: 863,502 Subscribe Teacher Accounts with student management and more. Home Authors Shakespeare Bible ... Subscriber Login addthis_pub = 'ChrisWebPub'; Literature Network Sophocles Sophocles Search all of Sophocles Advanced Search Biography Quizzes Forum Discussions Sophocles (495-405 B.C) was one of the great playwrights of the golden age of Greek Drama. The son of a wealthy merchant, he enjoyed 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, in 468 B.C, Sophocles took first prize, defeating none other than Aeschylus himself. More than 120 plays were to follow. He would go on to win eighteen first prizes. An accomplished actor, Sophocles performed in many of his own plays. However, his voice was comparatively weak, and eventually he would give up his acting career to pursue other ventures. In addition to his theatrical duties, Sophocles served for many years as an ordained priest of Alcon and Asclepius, the god of medicine. He also served on the Board of Generals, a committee that administered civil and military affairs in Athens, and for a time he was director of the Treasury, controlling the funds of the association of states known as the Delian Confederacy.

16. The Internet Classics Archive | Oedipus The King By Sophocles Commentary Quite a few comments have been posted about Oedipus the King. Download A 68k textonly version is available for download. http://classics.mit.edu/Sophocles/oedipus.html

Home Browse and Comment Search ... Help Oedipus the King By Sophocles Commentary: Quite a few comments have been posted about Oedipus the King Download: A 68k text-only version is available for download Oedipus the King By Sophocles Translated by F. Storr Dramatis Personae OEDIPUS THE PRIEST OF ZEUS CREON CHORUS OF THEBAN ELDERS TEIRESIAS JOCASTA MESSENGER HERD OF LAIUS Scene Thebes. Before the Palace of Oedipus. Suppliants of all ages are seated round the altar at the palace doors, at their head a PRIEST OF ZEUS. To them enter OEDIPUS. OEDIPUS My children, latest born to Cadmus old, Why sit ye here as suppliants, in your hands Branches of olive filleted with wool? What means this reek of incense everywhere, And everywhere laments and litanies? Children, it were not meet that I should learn From others, and am hither come, myself, I Oedipus, your world-renowned king. Ho! aged sire, whose venerable locks Proclaim thee spokesman of this company, Explain your mood and purport. Is it dread Of ill that moves you or a boon ye crave? My zeal in your behalf ye cannot doubt;

17. 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 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 Thou seemest, as a keen-nosed Spartan hound. For the man but now has passed within, his face And slaughterous hands streaming with sweat and blood.

18. Sophocles (software) - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia sophocles was a Windowsbased screenwriting software application used for writing feature film and television screenplays. The program first became available on the Internet in 1999. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophocles_(software)

Sophocles (software) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Sophocles Developer(s) Sophocles Software, LLC Stable release 2007 (Beta) / February 2007 Operating system Windows Type Screenplay and production management for motion pictures License Proprietary Website http://www.sophocles.net/ (defunct) Sophocles was a Windows -based screenwriting software application used for writing feature film and television screenplays . The program first became available on the Internet in 1999. Its distinguishing features included a two window screen setup, showing the script and screenplay outline simultaneously. Sophocles supported industry-standard screenplay formats including scene numbers, A/B revision pages, revision marks, MOREs and CONT'Ds, and so on. All formats were applied automatically, with no intervention required on the part of the user. After the buyout of the company in Spring 2008, first party technical support disappeared, creating concern among its users. Contents Features Story Creation Scheduling Budgeting ... edit Features edit Story Creation The Sophocles 2007 beta provides an interface for developing and maintaining a step outline in conjunction with the screenplay. Steps – the fundamental events of a plot – can be assigned to color-coded story threads, and scripts can contain multiple threads.

19. Sophocles - Definition And More From The Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary Definition of word from the MerriamWebster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sophocles

20. Antigone: Monologue A monologue from the play by sophocles. http://www.monologuearchive.com/s/sophocles_005.html

ANTIGONE A monologue from the play by Sophocles NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from Greek Dramas . Ed. Bernadotte Perrin. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1904. ANTIGONE: Purchase this play! MORE MONOLOGUES BY SOPHOCLES RELATED LINKS: Antigone - Summary and analysis of the play by Sophocles. Sophocles - A biography. Sophocles - A biography. Sophocles Index - An index of articles related to the Greek dramatist. The Life of Sophocles - A chronological outline of the poet's life. Sophocles and his Tragedies - A biography of the Greek dramatist and analysis of his poetic qualities. Sophocles: Poems - An index of poems by the Greek poet. Sophocles Quotes - A collection of quotations from his plays. Purchase books by Sophocles Search eBay!

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