SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Literary Texts: Sophocles

»Sophocles (c. 497/496 – winter 406/405 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian known as one of three from whom at least two plays have survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus and earlier than, or contemporary with, those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote more than 120 plays, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus. For almost fifty years, Sophocles was the most celebrated playwright in the dramatic competitions of the city-state of Athens, which took place during the religious festivals of the Lenaea and the Dionysia. He competed in thirty competitions, won twenty-four, and was never judged lower than second place. Aeschylus won thirteen competitions and was sometimes defeated by Sophocles; Euripides won four.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

Τηρεύς (Tereus)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»Tereus (Ancient Greek: Τηρεύς, Tēreus) is a lost Greek play by the Athenian poet Sophocles. Although fragments have long been known, the discovery of a synopsis among the Oxyrhynchus Papyri has allowed an attempt at a reconstruction. Although the date that the play was first produced is not known, it is known that it was produced before 414 BCE, because the Greek comedic playwright Aristophanes referenced Tereus in his play The Birds, which was first performed in 414.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Ancient History: Ancient Greece

II. Geographical Index: European History: Greek History

III. Topical Index: Cases: Mythological Victims: Tereus; Mythological Victims: Philomela | Types: General: Rape

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Descharmes, Bernadette. »Sisters are doing it for themselves: Die (schöne) Rache der Prokne und Philomela.« Rape and Revenge: Rache-Kulturen und sexualisierte Gewalt in intermedialer Perspektive / Revenge-cultures and sexualized violence in intermedial perspectives. Hamburg 2022.

[Info] Mancuso, Sabrina. »Κερκίδος φωνή: Philomela and the Use of the Shuttle in Sophocles ‘ Tereus.« The Classical Association Annual Conference. Leicester 2018.

Τραχίνιαι (Women of Trachis)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»Women of Trachis or The Trachiniae (Ancient Greek: Τραχίνιαι, Trachiniai) c. 450–425 BC, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles.
Women of Trachis is generally considered to be less developed than Sophocles' other works, and its dating has been a subject of disagreement among critics and scholars.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Ancient History: Ancient Greece

II. Geographical Index: European History: Greek History

III. Topical Index: Types: General: Rape

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Spiegel, Francesca. »Sexual rejection and the monstrous husband: Heracles in Trachiniae.« Rape in Antiquity: 20 years on. London 2017.