051 - Sophocles

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

• Photo/Bust of Sophocles

• Chart/House of Cadmus (Theban Royal Tree)

• Photo/Vase-Painting of Antigone and Creon

• Photo/Vase-Painting of Suicide of Ajax

• Video/Crash Course: Fate, Family, and Oedipus Rex

• Video/Oedipus the King

• Photo/Vase-Painting of Oedipus and the Sphinx

• Photo/Fragmentary Papyrus of Sophocles' The Trackers

• Photo/Vase-Painting of Philoctetes

Recommended Sources for Further Reading:
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

Recommended Podcast Episodes for Further Listening:

Myths and Legends Episode 65 Oedipus: Motherboy

Literature and History Episode 30 Sophocles' Oedipus the King

Literature and History Episode 31 Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus

Literature and History Episode 32 Sophocles' Antigone

MythTake Episode 17 Heroes at Home (Deianara)