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
068 Travel, Trade, and Work
067 Hephaistos and Hermes
066 The Athenian Agora
065 The Athenian Acropolis
064 The Protectress of Athens
063 The Lord of the Sea
062 Agricultural Festivals
061 The "Two Goddesses"
060 Hades and the Underworld
059 Olympian Zeus
058 Classical Temples
057 Classical Paintings
056 Classical Sculptures
055 The Dionysian Mysteries
054 Old Comedy and Aristophanes
053 Euripides at War
052 Early Euripides
050 Early Tragedy and Aeschylus
049 Theater and the Dionysia
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