18 books like Sophocles

What to read after Sophocles — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Tragoediae Sophocles · 1669 · 381p · ≈ 12h · Demanding Shares: Oedipus, Electra, Heracles, Translations

Tragoediae Aeschylus · 1777 · 371p · ≈ 12h · Demanding Shares: Greek language materials, Greek drama, Greek Mythology, Drama

The tragedies of Sophocles Sophocles · 1729 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Demanding Preface signed: Theodore Alois Buckley. Shares: Tragedy, Greek drama, Greek Mythology, Drama

Οἰδίπους Τύραννος (Oidípous Týrannos) Sophocles · 1715 · ★ 3.5 · 84p · ≈ 2h · Demanding Oedipus Rex chronicles the story of Oedipus, a man that becomes the king of Thebes and was always destined from birth to murder his father Laius and marry his mother Jocasta. The play is an example of a classic tragedy, noticeably containing an emphasis on how Oedipus's own faults contribute to the tragic hero's downfall, as opposed to having fate be the sole cause. Over the centuries, Oedipus… Shares: Oedipus, Tragedy, Greek drama, Drama

Oresteia Aeschylus · 1845 · ★ 4.0 · 187p · ≈ 6h · Challenging The Oresteia -- Agamemnon, Choephori, and The Eumenides -- depicts the downfall of the house of Atreus: after King Agamemnon is murdered by Clytemnestra, their son, Orestes, is commanded by Apollo to avenge the crime by killing his mother, and he does so, bringing on himself the wrath of the Furies and the judgment of Athens. Together, the three plays are one of the major achievements of Greek… Shares: Electra, Greek language materials, Greek drama, Greek Mythology

Aeschyli septem quae supersunt tragoediae Aeschylus · 1937 · 375p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Shares: Greek language materials, Greek Mythology, Drama

Euripidis Fabulae Euripides · 1844 · 482p · ≈ 16h · Challenging Greek text with critical apparatus of plays by Euripides: Cyclops, Alcestis, Medea, Children of Herakles, Hippolytus, Andromache, Hecuba. Shares: Greek language materials, Greek drama, Greek Mythology, Mythology

Sophokles Sophocles · 1851 · 479p · ≈ 15h · Challenging This comprehensive eBook presents significant works of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone• Oedipus King of Thebes• The Seven Plays in English Verse• Antigone• Aias• King Oedipus• Electra• The Trachinian Maidens• Philoctetes• Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles,… Shares: Tragedy, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Drama

The plays of Euripides Euripides · 1602 · 64p · ≈ 2h · Demanding Euripides’ classic play, based on the myth of Jason and Medea, about a barbarian woman who retaliates against the husband who leaves her—here in the 1912 translation by Gilbert Murray into English rhyming verse. With explanatory notes. Shares: Tragedy, Greek drama, Greek Mythology, Mythology

Aeschyli Tragoediae Aeschylus · 1809 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Introduction in English Shares: Greek drama, Greek Mythology, Drama

Ten plays Euripides · 1960 · ★ 4.1 · 358p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The first playwright of democracy, Euripides wrote with enduring insight and biting satire about social and political problems of Athenian life.  In contrast to his contemporaries, he brought an exciting--and, to the Greeks, a stunning--realism to the "pure and noble form" of tragedy.  For the first time in history, heroes and heroines on the stage were not… Shares: Greek drama, Greek Mythology, Drama

Heracles Euripides · 1876 · ★ 3.9 · 429p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Heracles Euripides - Euripides' Heracles is an extraordinary play, innovative in its treatment of the myth, bold in its dramatic structure, and filled with effective human pathos. The play tells a tale of horror: Heracles, the greatest hero of the Greeks, is maddened by the gods to murder his wife and children. But this suffering and divine malevolence are leavened by the friendship between… Shares: Heracles, Tragedy, Greek drama, Greek Mythology

Aeschylus Aeschylus · 1833 · ★ 3.9 · 178p · ≈ 5h · Challenging ““A world of wealth is trash if men are wanting…" As Charles Isherwood noted in The New York Times, “the ruler of a rich and powerful empire leads his countrymen into a disastrous war on foreign soil in “The Persians,” a play Aeschylus wrote in the fifth century B.C. It seems the guy was acting on advice from bad counselors. And trying to finish some business started by papa, who ruled before… Shares: Electra, Greek language materials, Greek drama, Greek Mythology

Children of Heracles Euripides · 1828 · ★ 4.2 · 42p · ≈ 1h · Challenging This edition and commentary provides an introduction to one of Euripides' less well-known plays, and describes the enormous value of the text for our understanding of Athenian drama, religion, and society. Despite the excellent commentaries of Elmsley (1821) and Pearson (1907), and powerful articles by Wilamowitz, the play has not been given the notice it deserves. This edition interprets the… Shares: Heracles, Greek language materials, Greek drama, Greek Mythology

Medea and other plays Euripides · 1963 · ★ 4.0 · 205p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Medea/Hecabe/Electra/HeraclesFour devastating Greek tragedies showing the powerful brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt and hatredThe first playwright to depict suffering without reference to the gods, Euripides made his characters speak in human terms and face the consequences of their actions. In Medea, a woman rejected by her lover takes hideous revenge by murdering the children they both… Shares: Electra, Heracles, Greek drama, Greek Mythology

Plays Aeschylus · 1828 · 339p · ≈ 11h · Challenging "Four Plays" by Aeschylus is a collection that typically includes some of the most significant works by this ancient Greek playwright, who is often referred to as the father of tragedy. Aeschylus' plays are known for their profound exploration of justice, power, and the divine. While different collections might include various selections, four of his most famous plays are: "Agamemnon": The first… Shares: Greek drama, Greek Mythology, Drama

Supplices Euripides · 1743 · 66p · ≈ 2h · Demanding Centering on the right of proper burial for those fallen in battle, Suppliant Women reflects on war and on the rule of law. In Electra Euripides gives us his version of the famous legend of the murder of Clytaemestra by her children in revenge for her killing their father, a portrayal interestingly different from that in Sophocles' Electra. Narrating sudden reversals in the hero's fortunes,… Shares: Tragedy, Greek drama, Greek Mythology, Mythology

Euripidis Tragoediae Euripides · 1823 · 161p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Shares: Greek Mythology, Mythology, Drama

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