051 - Sophocles

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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 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' Philoctetes
Text/Sophocles' Electra
Text/Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus

Supplementary Resources (Videos, Photos, Other Podcasts)

Photo/Bust of Sophocles

Chart/House of Cadmus (Theban Royal Tree)

Video/Antigone (Monarchs Factory)

Photo/Vase Painting of Antigone and Creon

Video/Armchair Classics: Ajax (Overly Sarcastic Productions)

Photo/Vase Painting of Suicide of Ajax

Video/Fate, Family, and Oedipus Rex (Crash Course)

Video/Oedipus Rex (Monarchs Factory)

 

Video/Classics Summarized: Oedipus Rex (Overly Sarcastic Productions)

 

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)

Photo/Vase Painting of Oedipus and the Sphinx

Photo/Fragmentary Papyrus of Sophocles' The Trackers

Photo/Vase Painting of Philoctetes

Recommended Podcast Episodes:

***Ancients - Sophocles' Lost Plays: Solving the Puzzle

***History of European Theatre - Sophocles: That Charming Man

***History of European Theatre - Antigone: Nomos vs Physis

***History of European Theatre - Let's Talk About Oedipus

***History of European Theatre - Oedipus at Colonus: Death of a Hero?

***Literature and History - Sophocles' Oedipus the King

***Literature and History - Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus

***Literature and History - Sophocles' Antigone
***Myths and Legends - Oedipus: Motherboy
***Myths and Legends - Oedipus: Team Spear It
***MythTake - Heroes at Home: Deianara