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In this needed and highly anticipated new translation of the Theban plays of Sophocles, David R. Slavitt presents a fluid, accessible, and modern version for both longtime admirers of the plays and ...

The latest in Connecticut Repertory Theatre’s string of virtual pandemic theater productions is “Antigone,” the first of the ancient Greek dramatist Sophocles’ plays based on the family of the ...

When a student recently skipped Seth Schein's class on Sophoclean drama for the immigration protest in Sacramento, the classics professor believed he had achieved "that teachable moment." Not only was ...

The latest play being performed by students in Huntington Beach High School’s Academy for the Performing Arts has roots in Greek mythology and is challenging even for the most experienced of actors.

For as long as there have been wars, there have been warriors who survive — and yet become as much casualties of battle as those who died. In fact, some think that the Greek playwright Sophocles was ...

The Sea. The June issue of Harper’s is now in the mailboxes (and will be on the website by Tuesday), and among its real gems is a newly discovered poem by Sophocles, assembled from papyrus fragments ...

Lee Breuer and Bob Telson’s “The Gospel at Colonus,” this year’s livelier-than-usual outdoor theater production at the Getty Villa, combines disparate ritual traditions. Ancient Greek tragedy is ...