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Which seven complete plays by Sophocles survive?
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Sophocles
Marble portrait bust said to be of Sophocles.
Although it is often estimated that Sophocles wrote 123 plays, only seven of his tragedies survive in their entirety. These works are:12
- Ajax12
- Antigone12
- Trachinian Women1
- Oedipus the King1
- Electra1
- Philoctetes12
- Oedipus at Colonus12
In addition to these complete tragedies, a significant portion of a satyr play titled Trackers survives as a 400-line fragment, alongside numerous other fragments and titles of lost works.12