Sophocles 
The Seven Plays in English Verse 

The Seven Plays in English Verse Sophocles — Included herein are the seven surviving plays of Athens’ pre-eminent playwright, Sophocles, masterfully translated by Lewis Campbell, M.A., LL.D. The plays included are: ‘Antigone, ‘ ‘Aias, ‘ ‘King Oedipus, ‘ ‘Electra, ‘ ‘The Trachinian Maidens, ‘ and ‘Oedipus at Colonus.’

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Sophocles (born c. 496 bc, Colonus, near Athens [Greece]died 406, Athens), (Greek: ; German editions: Sophokles , Russian: , French editions: Sophocle ) was an ancient Greek tragedy playwright. Not many things are known about his life other than that he was wealthy, well educated and wrote about one hundred and twenty three plays (of which few are extant). One of his best known plays is ‘Oedipus the King’ (Oedipus Rex).