Poems by Sophocles

Chorus from Antigone I Many the forms of life,
Wondrous and strange to see,
But nought than...

No greater evil can a man endure
Than a bad wife, nor find a greater good
Than one both good a...

Chorus from Antigone Man's highest blessedness,
In wisdom chiefly stands;
And in the things ...

In many a turning of the wheel of God
My fate revolves and changes all its mood;
E'en as the m...

Riches gain friends, gain honours--further still,
Gain highest sovereignty for those who sit
...

There stretcheth by the sea
A fair Euboean shore, and o'er it creeps
The vine of Bacchus, eac...

Chorus from Antigone O Love, in every battle victor owned;
Now on a maiden's soft and bloomin...

Chorus from Philoctetes I O cave of hollow rock,
Now hot, now icy cold,
And I was doomed, ...

A weary life is that the sailors lead,
To whom no gift from Heaven or Fortune sent
Could offer...

Chorus from The Maidens of Trachis I Soon will the clear-voiced flute return to you
With no un...

Strange is it that the godless, who have sprung
From evil-doers, should fare prosperously,
W...

We should not speak of one that prospers well
As happy, till his life have run its course,
An...

From Philoctetes Come, then, I leave this isle,
And speak my parting words:
Farewell, O r...

Chorus from Oedipus at Colonus What man is he that yearneth
For length unmeasured of days?
Fol...

Chorus from Electra I If wisdom fail me not,
As seer misled by doubtful auguries,
And wanti...