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 surviving plays—Antigone, Ajax, Oedipus Rex, The Women of Trachis, Philoctetes, Electra, and Oedipus at Colonus
Primary Sources:
Text/Sophocles' Antigone
Text/Sophocles' Ajax
Text/Sophocles' Oedipus the King
Text/Sophocles' The Trackers (fragmentary satyr play)
Text/Sophocles' The Women of Trachis
Text/Sophocles' Antigone
Text/Sophocles' Ajax
Text/Sophocles' Oedipus the King
Text/Sophocles' The Trackers (fragmentary satyr play)
Text/Sophocles' The Women of Trachis
Supplementary Resources (Videos, Photos, Other Podcasts)
Video/Fate in Sophocles' Theban Tragedies (Millenial Classicist)
Video/Miasma in Sophocles' Oedipus the King (Millennial Classicist)
Video/Irony in Sophocles' Oedipus the King (Millennial Classicist)
Video/Hamartia in Sophocles' Oedipus the King (Millennial Classicist)
Video/Recognition in Sophocles' Oedipus the King (Millennial Classicist)
Recommended Podcast Episodes:
***Literature and History - Sophocles' Antigone
***Myths and Legends - Oedipus: Motherboy
***Myths and Legends - Oedipus: Team Spear It
***MythTake - Heroes at Home: Deianara
***Myths and Legends - Oedipus: Motherboy
***Myths and Legends - Oedipus: Team Spear It
***MythTake - Heroes at Home: Deianara
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