[Greek Plays - links to translations of each] 

GENERAL

Background on Sophocles  (Perseus Ency)

Sophocles   (Encarta)
Who Was Sophocles?  
    Sophocles: Overview
    Sophocles & His Tragedies

    House of Atreus
    House of Thebes
    The Theban Story and Its Interpretation  (links)
                 The Seven Gates of Thebes
                      Map of the Seven Gates

        Sophocles: Complete Plays OnLine - Web texts
        Internet Classics Archive - Sophocles' Plays - Web texts
         

                Sophocles  OnLine  -  Study guides for the plays.

PLAYS

       The Oedipus Page
                 The Theban Story & its Interpretations    
        Oedipus: Internet Links

The Oedipus "Trilogy"
    Context - Intro to each play - about translation - Study Questions

Oedipus the King  (text)
    Oedipus the King - background
   Oedipus the King  - Summary (1 pg)  
        Oedipus the King - Synopsis
        Oedipus the King  Notes & Study Questions
               Oedipus the King  - guide (Temple)
                Oedipus the King - extensive notes
               Oedipus - Study Questions

Oedipus at Colonus  (text)
    Oedipus at Colonus - background

        "Enjoying 'Oedipus the King The Folk Tale - Predestination -
                 Sophocles - Aristotle - Today

        "Fate, Freedom, and the Tragic Experience:

                Oedipus as metaphor  (brief note)
                     The Oedipus Game
                Oedipus was not "King" - 
                    Oedipus Tyrannos: the king? the president? the boss? 
                The Riddle of the Sphinx - 
                    Who was the Sphinx, and why does the play include this weird monster? 
                The so-called "tragic flaw" (why there isn't one) 
                The Old Shepherd - key to the plot of Oedipus Tyrannos 
                Jocasta 
                The Place Where Three Roads Meet  
                    No-Fault Quiz - Oedipus

Ajax (texts)
          Ajax  - Study Guide  (Temple)
           Ajax - Study Guide  (Baylor)
             Ajax -  (Perseus)
          Ajax - Outline, Comments 
               Ajax - Summary & Analysis                 

Electra  (text)
             Electra -  Summary & Analysis
            Electra - Study Guide  (Temple)
            Electra - Study Guide  (Baylor)   
           Electra  - (Perseus)   

Antigone  (text)
         Antigone - Summary & Analysis
        Antigone Notes & Study Guide
        Antigone Study Questions
            Antigone  (Temple)
              Antigone  (Perseus)
                Antigone - background
                Antigone -extensive notes

    Antigone
        Summary - General Notes
          Links to Discussions
                How old was Antigone? 
                The Character of Creon - persuasion and getting persuaded 
                Ismene - how should she be portrayed? 
                The Antigone Game. Test your command of the play 
     Antigone -  Summary  (1 pg)
              The Cultural Work of Tragedy
                    Antigone: Cultural Work of Antigone in 5th C. Athens
                 Antigone: etymology of the name

Philoctetes  (text)        
        Philoctetes  - Notes & Questions
          Philoctetes  - Study Guide (Temple)
             Philoctetes  (Perseus)

Trachiniae (Trachinian Women)
        Trachiniae  (Perseus)
        Trachiniae  - Study Guide   (Temple)
        Trachinae  -  Study Guide  (Baylor)

                                                                                                                        Map: Attica  (Thebes, Aulis)

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