Sophokles

In the works of the greatest of all dramatists, such as Sophokles and

Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama George Ainslie Hight

Anne Carson, who has translated five plays of Euripides and one of Sophokles, makes her own first attempt at Aeschylus (or Aiskhylos, since she prefers Greek forms throughout) with Agamemnon.

The Voice of the Eagle Wills, Garry 2009

In Apollodorus' version, he was but a mere child whom Medea slaughtered; Apollonios radically alters the myth, making Medea an accomplice in the murder, with Jason as the actual perpetrator; Sophokles has him killed in the home by an unknown assailant; still other version say that Jason murdered Apsyrtos independent of Medea's knowledge or complicity.

Thoughts on Medea 2006

It was a great role, worth taking; but he was an old hand who had played, so to speak, Sophokles in Boeotia, and been hit with half an onion.

The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966

His favorite poet, he said, was Sophokles, who wrote about responsibility and moral choice — Antigone and Neoptolemos weighing their own decency and honor, which they knew first-hand, against causes they were asked to take on trust.

The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966

Lamprias had found just the thing for them — a Kadmos by Sophokles the Younger, glorifying Thebes.

The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966

You may ask how I felt, playing lead and directing where Aischylos once did it; where Sophokles danced as a chorus boy and, later, had only to walk on as an extra in one of his own plays to bring the audience up standing.

The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966

As I had expected, there was too much of the best of everything — colored marble, gilding, painting, over-decorated statues — a place designed to make one think, "I am playing at Syracuse," rather than, "I am playing in Sophokles."

The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966

All it came to was that he taught me a great deal, which has been of use to me ever since, and recited me some beautiful epigrams composed by Agathon and Sophokles. for youths they courted, with the name changed to mine wherever it would scan.

The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966

Scene for Achilles, lifted from Homer with a touch of Sophokles.

The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966