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
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Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2017/08/051-sophocles.html
083 Eleatics and Atomists
082 The Leader of the Muses
***Special Guest Episode on Classics and Race/Ethnicity w/Rebecca Futo Kennedy***
***Special Guest Episode on Classics and Misogyny w/Donna Zuckerberg***
081 Orphism, Omens, and Oracles
***Special Guest Episode on Roman Slavery and Gladiators w/Fiona Radford***
080 Hekate and Magic
079 Old Age, Death, and Burial
078 Healing and Medicine
077 From Childbirth to Adolescence
076 The Goddess of the Young
***Special Guest Episode on Roman Women and Religion w/Peta Greenfield***
075 Pregnancy, Abortion, and Divorce
074 Marriage and Domesticity
073 The Oikos and Private Life
072 The Wrathful Queen
***Special Guest Episode on Roman Sexuality w/Aven McMaster***
071 Love, Sex, and Prostitution
070 The Goddess of Seduction
069 Slaves and Foreigners
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