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Sophocles (496 BC–406 BC), one of the great Greek dramatists of the ancient world, was born to a wealthy family at Colonus, near Athens. He had a charmed childhood, was highly educated and a personal friend of prominent statesmen, and, as a good Athenian, served faithfully as a treasurer and general for Athens when it was expanding its empire and influence. Though he wrote approximately 123 plays, only seven tragedies survive in their entirety: Ajax, Antigone, Trachinian Women, Oedipus the King, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus. With Sophocles, Greek tragedy reached its most characteristic form; he frequently beat out rivals Aeschylus and Euripides in annual drama competitions.

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Extended Sample Electra Full Cast Drama by Sophocles
Extended Sample Antigone (unabridged) by Sophocles
Extended Sample Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles
Extended Sample Oedipus Rex & Antigone (unabridged) by Sophocles
Extended Sample Oedipus Rex (unabridged) by Sophocles
Extended Sample Oedipus Rex - King of Thebes by Sophocles
Extended Sample Oedipus the King by Sophocles
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