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A famous greek playwright is listed below:

Tragedy

Aeschylus (525 - 456 B.C.)

Bob the builder (1999)

The Persians (472)

The Supplicants (c. 468)

Seven Against Thebes (467)

The Oresteia (458):

Agamemnon

the Libration Bearers

the Emends

Prometheus?(468-440?)

Sophocles (496 - 406 B.C.)

Ajax (450-440?)

Antigun (441?)

Oedipus Rex (430-425?)

Electra (418-410?)

Trichinae (413?)

Philoctetes (409)

Oedipus at Colons (406)

Euripides (c. 480 - 407)

Alcestis (438)

Media (431)

Hippolytus (428)

the Children of Heracles (427?)

Andromache (426?)

Hecuba (425?)

Cyclops (423?)

Heracles (422?)

The Suppliants (421?)

Ion (417?)

The Trojan Women (415?)

Electra (413?)

Iphigenia in Taurus (414-412?)

Helen (412)

The Phoenician Women (409?)

Orestes (408)

the Backhoe (405?)

Iphigenia at Aulis (405?)

Comedy

Aristophanes (c. 448 - c. 380 B.C.)

The Acharnians (425)

The Knights (424)

The Clouds (423)

The Wasps (422)

Peace (421)

The Birds (414)

Lysistrata (411)

The Thesmophoriazusae (411)

The Frogs (405)

The Ecclesiazusae (392?)

Plutus (388)

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Sophocles, an ancient Greek playwright, is known for writing famous tragedies such as "Antigone," "Oedipus Rex," and "Electra." These plays explore themes of fate, free will, and the consequences of one's actions. Sophocles is considered one of the greatest tragedians of his time.

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Sophocles. has written:

'Sophocles the Seven Plays in English Verse'

'Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments with Critical Notes, Commentary, and Translation in English ..' -- subject(s): Accessible book

'Sophocles' Electra'

'Die Antigone des Sophokles' -- subject(s): Antigone (Greek mythology), Drama

'Sophoclis Tragoediae'

'Soph okleous Antigone ='

'The Aias of Sophokles' -- subject(s): Drama, Ajax (Greek mythology)

'Aiace ; Elettra' -- subject(s): Drama, Translations into Italian, Electra (Greek mythology), Ajax (Greek mythology)

'Trachiniae' -- subject(s): Drama, Heracles (Greek mythology)

'Sophoclean fragments, emended by Richard Johnson Walker'

'Three Theban plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus'

'Oedipus Trilogy' -- subject(s): OverDrive, Drama, Fiction, Folklore

'The Tragedies of Sophocles: The Oxford Translation' -- subject(s): Accessible book

'Oedipus Tyrannus'

'O dipus der Tyrann'

'Tragoediae'

'Oedipus at Colonos'

'Theatre complet'

'Oedipus Rex' -- subject(s): Free will, fate, tragedy, Accessible Book, In Library

'Antigone'

'Oedipus Tyrannus (Cambridge Elementary Classics: Greek)'

'Sophoclis Tragoediae, Antigone & Trachiniae, nova versione donatae scholiisque veteribus illustratae'

'Oedipe roi'

'Le donne di Trachis'

'Sophoclis Oedipus Rex'

'Tragoediae'

'Sophokles'

'[Tragedies]'

'Fragmentos/ Fragments (Biblioteca Clasica Gredos / Classic Gredos Library)'

'Tragedies, in English prose'

'The Oedipus at Colonus of Sophocles' -- subject(s): Drama, Oedipus (Greek mythology)

'Electra. A tragedy, as translated from Sophocles; with notes, by Mr. Theobald. ... as performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. Regulated from the prompt-book, ... by Mr. Hopkins, prompter'

'The wife of Heracles'

'Oedipus the King - Translated by Ian Johnston'

'Tragedie'

'Sophocles' dramas'

'Oedipe roi - Mythe d'Oedipe'

'Sophocles Tragedies and fragments' -- subject(s): Accessible book

'Tragedies'

'Oedipus the King - Oedipus at Colonus - Antigone' -- subject(s): Classic Literature, Drama, Fiction, OverDrive

'Ichneutai'

'L' Antigone de Sophocle'

'Sophokles' Tragoedien'

'Des Sophokles Antigone'

'Sophocles Plays 2 (World Dramatists Series)'

'The Thebans' -- subject(s): Drama, Translations into English, Oedipus (Greek mythology), Antigone (Greek mythology), Greek drama (Tragedy)

'El Edipo' -- subject(s): Drama, Translations into Spanish, Philoctetes (Greek mythology), Greek drama (Tragedy), Oedipus (Greek mythology), Electra (Greek mythology)

'Le Trachinie'

'The Oedipus Tyrannus'

'The Greek Classics'

'The Oedipus cycle' -- subject(s): Drama, Oedipus (Greek mythology), Antigone (Greek mythology), Translations into English, Greek drama (Tragedy)

'Edipo Coloneo'

'Antigone (Playbook)'

'Illustrations of the tragedies of Sophocles'

'Trachinie ; Filottete'

'Antigone. Text.'

'The Tragedies of Sophocles in English Prose'

'Edipo rey ; Edipo en Colono' -- subject(s): Drama, Oedipus (Greek mythology), Translations into Spanish

'Jayaketu' -- subject(s): Drama, Oedipus (Greek mythology)

'The seven plays in English verse' -- subject(s): Accessible book

'Zeven tragedies'

'Edipo a Colono'

'Trachiniae'

'The dramas of Sophocles' -- subject(s): Greek drama

'Aiace ; Trachinie' -- subject(s): Drama, Heracles (Greek mythology), Ajax (Greek mythology)

'Sophokleous Tragoidiai ='

'Traxiniai'

'Edipo Rey - Antigona'

'The Theban plays' -- subject(s): Drama, Translations into English, Antigone (Greek mythology), Oedipus (Greek mythology), Greek drama (Tragedy), Sophocles, Chorus (Greek drama)

'Ichneutae' -- subject(s): Greek drama (Satyr play), History and criticism, Greek language, Metrics and rhythmics, Greek drama

'Sophokles Electra'

'Antigonae versus 384-769'

'Sophokles Electra'

'Edipo a Colono'

'Tragoediae superstites et perditarum fragmenta'

'Antigone. Ein Trauerspiel.'

'Traxiniai'

'Sophocles in single plays for the use of schools: Ajax'

'Antigone'

'Dramen' -- subject(s): Drama, Greek Mythology, Translations into German

'Oedipus the King (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)' -- subject(s): Drama, Oedipus (Greek mythology)

'Aiax' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Drama, Ajax (Greek mythology)

'Oedipus the king ; Philoctetes ; Electra ; Antigone' -- subject(s): Accessible book

'Philoctetes Graece'

'Edipo Rey - Antigona'

'Svpplementvm Sophoclevm, edidit Ernestvs Diehl'

'Sophokleous Antigone'

'Electra and Other Plays (Classics)'

'Sophocles' Antigone' -- subject(s): Antigone (Greek mythology), Drama

'[Tragedies]'

'Sophoclis quae exstant omnia, cum veterum grammaticorum scholiis'

'Le donne di Trachis'

'Dramas y Tragedias'

'OEDIPUS TYRANNUS; TRANS. BY IAN MCAUSLAN'

'Elettra'

'Sophoclis Tragoediae ex recensione Guilelmi Dindorfii'

'Sophocles Oedipusat Colonus'

'Electra' -- subject(s): Drama, Electra (Greek mythology), Translations into English

'Plays'

'Sophokles' Tragoedien'

'Edipo tiranno di Sofocle'

'Aiace ; Trachinie' -- subject(s): Drama, Heracles (Greek mythology), Ajax (Greek mythology)

'The dramas of Sophocles' -- subject(s): Accessible book

'Ayante - Electra - Las Tranquinianas'

'Four dramas of maturity'

'Tragoediae superstites et perditarum fragmenta'

'Sophoclis tragoediae superstites et deperditarum fragmenta'

'Sophocles 2 (Complete Greek Tragedies)'

'Sophoclis Oedipus Rex' -- subject(s): Accessible book

'Trachinie ; Filottete'

'(Philoctetes'

'Tragoedias quae vulgo inscribitur Oedipus Rex prologus, parodus, et primum episodium'

'The Oedipus rex of Sophocles, from the text of W. Dindorf. With notes by W.B. Jones' -- subject(s): Accessible book

'Sophocles in single plays for the use of schools: Antigone'

'Tragedia: El Philoctetes'

'Tragoediae' -- subject(s): Drama, Greek Mythology, Translations into English, Greek drama, Translations, Antigone (Greek mythology), Greek drama (Tragedy), Ajax (Greek mythology), Oedipus (Greek mythology), Translations into Arabic, Philoctetes (Greek mythology), Heracles (Greek mythology), Electra (Greek mythology), Tragedy

'Electra of Sophocles'

'Sophoclis Dramata qae supersunt et deperditorum fragmenta Graece et Latine'

'The Philoctetes of Sophocles' -- subject(s): Drama, Philoctetes (Greek mythology), Trojan War

'Antigone'

'Sophocles Antigone' -- subject(s): Antigone (Greek mythology), Drama

'Trachiniae, van inleiding en aantekeningen voorzien door J.C. Kamerbeek'

'Oedipus the King, and Antigone' -- subject(s): Drama, Oedipus (Greek mythology), Translations into English, Antigone (Greek mythology)

'Cantica'

'Antigonae versus 384-769'

'Antigonick' -- subject(s): Antigone (Greek mythology), Drama

'Sophoclis que exstant omnia cum veterum grammaticorum scholiis'

'Sophokleous Tragoidiai ='

'Sofocle Ichneutae'

'The dramas of Sophocles rendered in English verse, dramatic and lyric'

'Lateinische Uebersetzung des 1., 2. und 3. Stasimon aus Sophokles Antigone in den Versmassen des Originals, nebst Anmerkungen'

'Philoctetes, van inleiding en aantekeningen voorzien door J.C. Kamerbeek'

'Sophocles, the seven plays'

'Oeuvres, tome 2'

'Sophokles Antigone'

'Antigonae versus 384-769'

'Sophocles : the seven plays in English verse'

'The Ajax Of Sophocles, With Notes Critical And Explanatory'

'The Antigone of Sophokes'

'Sofocle Ichneutae'

'Ho tou Sophokleous Oidipous Tyrannos. = Sophoclis Oedipus Tyrannus'

'Aiace ; Elettra' -- subject(s): Drama, Translations into Italian, Electra (Greek mythology), Ajax (Greek mythology)

'O dipus der Tyrann'

'El Edipo' -- subject(s): Drama, Translations into Spanish, Philoctetes (Greek mythology), Greek drama (Tragedy), Oedipus (Greek mythology), Electra (Greek mythology)

'Bilingual selections from Sophocles' Antigone' -- subject(s): Antigone (Greek mythology), Drama

'Sophocles II' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Trojan War, Philoctetes (Greek mythology), Ajax (Greek mythology), Greek Mythology, Heracles (Greek mythology), Translations into English, Drama, Electra (Greek mythology)

'Tragedies, in English prose'

'Tragoediae'

'Filottete'

'Sophoclis Dramata qvae svpersvnt et deperditorvm fragmenta graece et latine'

'Oedipus the King' -- subject(s): Drama, Oedipus (Greek mythology)

'Oidipos Frenin' -- subject(s): Greek drama, Welsh drama, Translations into Welsh, Translations from Greek

'Complete Works of Sophocles'

'The Ajax of Sophocles, with a commenatary abridged from Jebb's larger edition'

'Selected fragmentary plays' -- subject(s): Drama, Greek Mythology, History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, Greek drama (Tragedy)

'Oldenbourg Interpretationen, Bd.92, Antigone'

'Sophoclis Aiax Lorarius'

'Philoctete'

'Oedipus' -- subject(s): Drama, Oedipus (Greek mythology)

'Sophocles' the Theban Saga'

'Oedipus Tyrannus'

'The Trachiniae of Sophocles translated into English verse' -- subject(s): Drama, Heracles (Greek mythology)

'Sophokles' Antigone'

'The seven plays, in English verse by Lewis Campbell'

'Classical Mythology'

'Sophocles' Electra'

'The Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles as performed at Cambridge November 22-26, 1887 [and] November 26-30, 1912'

'Tragedias y fragmentos' -- subject(s): Drama, Greek Mythology, Translations into Spanish

'Fabulae'

'Philoctetes Graece'

'Sophocles, The Oedipus Cycle'

'Two Greek plays' -- subject(s): Drama, Greek drama, Translations into English, Medea (Greek mythology), Philoctetes (Greek mythology)

'Antighonna'

'The Antigone of Sophokles'

'[Tragedies]'

'OEdipe ... [par Sophocle'

'Die Sophokleischen Chorgesaenge'

'The Complete Greek Tragedies, Volume 2'

'Antigone'

'Ajax'

'The Seven plays'

'Sophoclis tragoediae septum: ad optimorum exemplarium fidem ac praecipue ..'

'Philoctetes Graece'

'Sophocles' -- subject(s): Drama, Oedipus (Greek mythology), Translations into English, Greek drama (Tragedy), Greek Mythology, Greek drama, Translations, Antigone (Greek mythology), Ajax (Greek mythology), Heracles (Greek mythology), Philoctetes (Greek mythology), Electra (Greek mythology), Tragedy

'Sophoclis Antigone' -- subject(s): Antigone (Greek mythology), Drama

'The seven plays in English verse' -- subject(s): Accessible book

'Sophocles Antigone; edited on the basis of Wolff's edition by Martin L. D'Ooge..'

'Tragedye'

'Die Antigone des Sophokles' -- subject(s): Antigone (Greek mythology), Drama

'Tragedias'

'Tragedies, with notes, critical and explanatory, adapted to the use of schools and universities by T. Mitchell'

'Works'

'The Theban saga' -- subject(s): Drama, Antigone (Greek mythology), Oedipus (Greek mythology)

'Three dramas of old age' -- subject(s): Translations into English, Greek drama (Tragedy)

'Aiace ; Elettra' -- subject(s): Drama, Translations into Italian, Electra (Greek mythology), Ajax (Greek mythology)

'Electra. A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden. Written by Mr. Theobald'

'The Theban Plays: King Oedipus, Antigone, Oedipus at Kollonos and Omma'

'The Three Theban Plays' -- subject(s): Drama, Antigone (Greek mythology), Translations into English, Oedipus (Greek mythology)

'Electre'

'Sophocles Philoctetes (Bryn Mawr Greek commentaries)'

'Oedipus the King, Philoctetes, Electra, Antigone in modern translations' -- subject(s): Drama, Greek Mythology, Translations into English

'Tragedie e frammenti' -- subject(s): Drama, Greek Mythology, Translations into Italian

'Edipo Rey - Electra'

'Lateinische Uebersetzung des 1., 2. und 3. Stasimon aus Sophokles Antigone in den Versmassen des Originals, nebst Anmerkungen'

'Aiace ; Elettra' -- subject(s): Drama, Translations into Italian, Electra (Greek mythology), Ajax (Greek mythology)

'L' Antigone di Sofocle' -- subject(s): Antigone (Greek mythology), Drama

'Plays, two'

'Philoctetes' -- subject(s): Drama, Greek drama, Philoctetes (Greek mythology), Translations into English, Trojan War

'Oedipo re' -- subject(s): Drama, Oedipus (Greek mythology)

'Tragoediae'

'Tragoediae'

'Works.'

'Tragoediae septem' -- subject(s): Greek drama (Tragedy)

'Ayax, Las traquinias, Antigona y Edipo Rey'

'Sophokles'

'Electra and other plays'

'Las Siete Tragedias'

'Philoctetes, van inleiding en aantekeningen voorzien door J.C. Kamerbeek'

'Sophoclis Oedipus Coloneus' -- subject(s): Drama, Oedipus (Greek mythology)

'King Oedipus, in the translation by W.B. Yeats'

'Sophoclis tragoediae' -- subject(s): Drama, Greek Mythology

'Sophokles' Werke ..'

'Die Frauen von Trachis'

'The seven plays in English verse' -- subject(s): Accessible book

'The dramas of Sophocles rendered in English verse, dramatic & lyric' -- subject(s): Drama, Greek Mythology, Translations into English

'Sophokles'

'Konig Odipus'

'Sophocles Antigone; edited on the basis of Wolff's edition by Martin L. D'Ooge..'

'Philoctet'

'Antigona - Electra'

'Electre'

'The tragedies of Sophocles'

'Tragoedias quae vulgo inscribitur Oedipus Rex prologus, parodus, et primum episodium'

'Sophocles in single plays for the use of schools: Antigone'

'The Oedipus Trilogy'

'Hai tou Sophokleous trago diai hepta ='

'Sophocles, the Theban plays' -- subject(s): Drama, Antigone (Greek mythology), Translations into English, Oedipus (Greek mythology), Adaptations, Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology), Greek drama (Tragedy)

'O dipus der Tyrann'

'Trachinie ; Filottete'

'Electra'

'Electra - Hipolito - el Ciclope'

'Three tragedies!'

'The Trachiniae'

'Dramen des Sophokles'

'Oedipus the King, and Oedipus at Colonus' -- subject(s): Greek drama

'Tragoediae'

'Four plays'

'Sophokleous Tragoidiai ='

'Sophokles Antigone'

'The Aias of Sophokles' -- subject(s): Drama, Ajax (Greek mythology)

'Sophokles Antigone'

'The Theban plays' -- subject(s): Drama, Chorus (Greek drama)

'Sophocles, tragoediae superstites et deperditarum fragmenta'

'Sophocles'

'The Theban plays : King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone. Translated by E. F. Watling'

'Oidipos yn Colonos'

'Sophocles - Dramas - The Seven Surviving Dramas of Sophocles'

'Antigona - Edipo Rey (Coleccion del Mirador)'

'Sophocles in single plays for the use of schools: Ajax'

'Tragedye'

'Tragedias'

'Fabvlae'

'Edipo Coloneo'

'Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy'

'Oedipus tyrranus'

'Die Antigone des Sophokles' -- subject(s): Antigone (Greek mythology), Drama

'Sophoclis Tragoediae VII'

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Sophocles wrote many plays over his lifetime, some of his more popular works include 'Oedipus the King', 'Electra', 'Ajax', 'Antigone', 'Oedipus at Colonus', and 'The Women of Trachis.'

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There are only four ancient Greek playwrights of note: Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides, who wrote tragedies, and Aristophanes, who wrote comedies.

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