Sophocles : - Four Tragedies

In a world that often feels out of our control, Sophocles reminds us that while we cannot always choose our fate, we can choose how we face it.

Antigone’s brothers have killed each other in a civil war. King Creon decrees that one shall be buried with honors, while the other—the "traitor"—is to be left for the dogs. Antigone defies the state to follow the "unwritten laws" of the gods and bury her brother. Sophocles : four tragedies

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. In a world that often feels out of

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. Antigone defies the state to follow the "unwritten

If you’re looking to understand why we’re still talking about these stories 2,500 years later, 1. Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King)