Antigone, daughter of Jocasta and Oedipus, faces great challenges when she must arrange a formal burial for her brother, Polynices. This rendition of Antigone by Sophocles is of...

Oedipus Rex & Antigone: two of the most famous plays by Sophocles. Both are a part of the same trilogy, and they are arguably the most important parts of the trilogy. To true...

Oedipus Trilogy  is a compelling examination of fate, free will, and human suffering within the framework of Greek tragedy. Sophocles explores the inescapable nature of destiny...

A priest and the chorus of Thebans arrive at the palace to call upon their King, Oedipus, to aid them with the plague. Oedipus had sent his brother-in-law Creon to ask help of the...

Sophocles' Philoctetes begins with their arrival on the island. Odysseus explains to Neoptolemus that he must perform a shameful action in order to garner future glory - to take...

Antigone is a tragedy by Sophocles written in or before 441 BC.Sophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians (Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides) whose plays have...