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Sophocles
Master of Greek Tragedy : Sophocles, one of the three great ancient Greek tragedians, is celebrated for his innovative contributions to drama, including the introduction of a third actor and complex character development, as seen in works like Oedipus Rex and Antigone .
PeopleSophocles
Sophocles confronts the collision between lawful authority and the claims of conscience. By dramatizing the cost of obedience when law becomes unjust, he sharpened a permanent question for free societies—when, if ever, must moral duty stand against the commands of the state? In Antigone, Sophocles turns tragedy into an indictment of the state, opposing the laws of the gods to rulers who confuse authority with justice and showing that liberty perishes when power refuses to recognize any limit beyond itself.
PeopleAeschylus
Aeschylus was an ancient Greek playwright known for writing powerful tragedies. He is often referred to as the “father of tragedy” for his transformative contributions to the development of Greek theater, particularly in the area of tragedy. Aeschylus was born around 525 BCE in Eleusis, a small town near Athens.
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Sophocles
Sophocles · 1956 (Storr trans., Loeb) · With an English translation by F. Storr. London: Heinemann; Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1956. Loeb Classical Library.
Books & WorksPlays of the Greek Dramatists
Various · 1946 · Selections from Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes. New York, 1946.
Books & WorksThe Complete Greek Tragedies
David Grene (ed.) · 1959 (Grene & Lattimore eds.) · Edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1959. Vol. II. Contains: Aeschylus v.2; Sophocles v.3–4; Euripides.