---
name: Sophocles
name_greek: Σοφοκλῆς
eul_aid: buo
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/sophocles-buo"
period: Classical
dialect: Attic Drama
works_count: 10
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Sophocles

*Σοφοκλῆς*

**eul_aid:** `buo` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/sophocles-buo)

Sophocles, Athenian tragedian of the 5th century BCE. Works include Oedipus Rex and Antigone. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Ajax The Whip-Bearer](https://eulogikon.org/works/sophocles-ajax-whip-bearer-buo-aa) — *Αἴας* · `buo-aa`
- [Antigone](https://eulogikon.org/works/sophocles-antigone-buo-ah) — *Ἀντιγόνη* · `buo-ah`
- [Electra](https://eulogikon.org/works/sophocles-electra-buo-aj) — *Ἠλέκτρα* · `buo-aj`
- [Hymn to Dionysus Fragments](https://eulogikon.org/works/sophocles-hymn-dionysus-buo-ag) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `buo-ag`
- [Oedipus at Colonus](https://eulogikon.org/works/sophocles-oedipus-colonus-buo-ac) — *Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ* · `buo-ac`
- [Oedipus the King](https://eulogikon.org/works/sophocles-oedipus-king-buo-ad) — *Οἰδίπους Τύραννος* · `buo-ad`
- [Philoctetes](https://eulogikon.org/works/sophocles-philoctetes-buo-ae) — *Φιλοκτήτης* · `buo-ae`
- [Sophocles on Euripides and Love](https://eulogikon.org/works/sophocles-euripides-love-buo-af) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `buo-af`
- [Trackers](https://eulogikon.org/works/sophocles-ichneutae-buo-ai) — *Ἰχνευταί* · `buo-ai`
- [Women of Trachis](https://eulogikon.org/works/sophocles-women-of-trachis-buo-ab) — *Τραχίνιαι* · `buo-ab`

## License and provenance

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