Sophocles : Four Tragedies [2026 Release]

Written at the very end of Sophocles’ long life, this play serves as a quiet, spiritual sequel to the chaos of Oedipus Rex .

An old, blinded, and exiled Oedipus arrives at a sacred grove in Colonus seeking a final resting place. He is no longer a monster, but a figure of strange, holy power. Sophocles : four tragedies

The cost of vengeance. Sophocles focuses less on the bloodbath and more on the emotional toll that "waiting for justice" takes on the human heart. Electra is a woman consumed by a single, righteous, but devastating purpose. Why Sophocles Matters Today Written at the very end of Sophocles’ long

While Euripides also wrote an Electra , Sophocles’ version is a masterclass in psychological endurance and the corrosive nature of revenge. The cost of vengeance

King Oedipus vows to find the murderer of the previous king to save Thebes from a plague, only to realize that he is the killer, having unknowingly fulfilled a prophecy to kill his father and marry his mother.