Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes

I liked the Woodruff/Meineck combo for the Theban Plays so decided to use their version for Sophocles other 4 surviving works.

These plays are stunning. I mostly went in knowing the general outlines of the stories but would still be regularly surprised. These tragedy plays introduce some difficult questions about justice, loyalty, and fate. Sophocles has 7 remaining plays. Three are part of the Theban Plays (Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus) and these are the other four (Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes). I highly recommend reading all seven.