Sophocles
Ancient Greek tragedian from Athens, one of the three great Athenian playwrights (with Aeschylus and Euripides). Author of surviving plays including Oedipus Rex and Antigone; traditionally credited with over 100 plays though only seven have survived complete.
Books
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1. Elettra Di Sofocle
A tormented daughter, bitter over her father's murder, lives in exile within her own home under the rule of her mother and her mother's lover, nursing a fierce desire for retribution; when her long-absent brother secretly returns, the siblings recognize one another, wrestle with duty and conscience, and ultimately conspire to exact a violent revenge that exposes the moral complexity and tragic consequences of family loyalty and vengeance.
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2. Edipo Re
A determined king strives to save his city from a devastating plague by discovering and punishing the murderer of the previous ruler, but a sequence of investigations and the pronouncements of a blind prophet gradually reveal that he himself unknowingly committed those crimes—having killed his father and married his mother. The play follows his relentless search for truth, the shattering recognition of his own guilt, and the catastrophic consequences—his queen's suicide and his self-inflicted blindness—exploring themes of fate, guilt, and tragic irony.
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