Sophocles: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Influential interpretations of Sophocles’ works include G.M. Kirkwood, A Study of Sophoclean Drama (1958, reissued 1994); Bernard M.W. Knox, Oedipus at Thebes (1957, reissued 1998), and The Heroic Temper: Studies in Sophoclean Tragedy (1964, reissued 1983); G.H. Gellie, Sophocles: A Reading (1972); and R.P. Winnington-Ingram, Sophocles: An Interpretation (1980).
Valuable studies of specific works in context include Charles Segal, Tragedy and Civilization: An Interpretation of Sophocles (1981, reissued 1999), Sophocles’ Tragic World: Divinity, Nature, Society (1995), and Oedipus Tyrannus: Tragic Heroism and the Limits of Knowledge, 2nd ed. (2001). Specialized studies are presented in David Seale, Vision and Stagecraft in Sophocles (1982, reissued 2014); Mary Whitlock Blundell, Helping Friends and Harming Enemies: A Study in Sophocles and Greek Ethics (1989); Jasper Griffin (ed.), Sophocles Revisited: Essays Presented to Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones (1999); and Simon Goldhill and Edith Hall (eds.), Sophocles and the Greek Tragic Tradition (2009).
Two comprehensive surveys of topics in Sophoclean scholarship are Kirk Ormand (ed.), A Companion to Sophocles (2012); and Andreas Markantonatos (ed.), Brill’s Companion to Sophocles (2012).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invalidated site: Utah State University - Sophocles and Oedipus the King. | Nov 06, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics - Sophocles. | Dec 06, 2025 | ||
| Minor updates made. | Jul 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Utah State University - Classical Greek Tragedy. | Mar 31, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Utah State University - Classical Greek Tragedy. | Mar 31, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Edinburgh - From Solon to Sophocles (PDF). | Oct 30, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Utah State University - Sophocles and Oedipus the King. | Feb 27, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Sophocles: fragments and lost tragedies. | Feb 02, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Utah State University - Classical Drama and Theatre - Sophocles. | Dec 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Columbia University - The Core Curriculum - Sophocles. | Nov 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Penn Arts and Sciences - Department of Classical Studies - Biography of Sophocles. | Jun 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Sophocles: Archetypal Master of Greek Tragedy. | Dec 17, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Perseus Digital Library - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology - Sophocles. | Sep 30, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Authors - Sophocles. | Jan 29, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Dec 17, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Aug 14, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Classical Literature - Sophocles. | Jul 12, 2017 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Mar 31, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Sophocles. | Nov 05, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ancient Greece - Biography of Sophocles. | Feb 06, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Pennsylvania - Department of Classical Studies - Biography of Sophocles. | Feb 06, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: European Graduate School - Biography of Sophocles. | Feb 06, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: In2Greece - Biography of Sophocles. | Feb 06, 2013 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 19, 2008 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | May 14, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Theatre Database - Sophocles. | Jan 17, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: TheatreHistory.com - Biography of Sophocles. | Jan 17, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: "Oedipus at Colonus" by Sophocles. | Jun 20, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: "Oedipus Tyrannus" by Sophocles. | Jun 20, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: "Oedipus Tyrannus" by Sophocles. | Jun 20, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: "Oedipus at Colonus" by Sophocles. | Jun 20, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |