I’m not studying philosophy or an actor, I’m just a regular guy who loves the ancient world. It breaks my heart we lost so much knowledge. I have read the 7 surviving plays of Sophocles on my own. I did it because I took a philosophy class in college and heard about Oedipus Rex. My favorite of course is Antigone, it has stayed with me since I read it 20 years ago. She was loyal to the end! All the plays were great. I was happy to see Odysseus show up in Ajax.

It's actually really hard to find content about Sophocles' plays, other than Oedipus Rex and Antigone on KZread. I'd love to watch you talk about the others :)

@MoAnInc

Ай бұрын

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First! Love Sophocles and so glad you’re covering him! “Antigone” and “Electra” are some of my favorite of the ancient plays! I always find it kind of interesting and sad that we have a playwright such as Sophocles, who was immensely popular, yet only a fragment of his works survive.

@MoAnInc

5 ай бұрын

Ooo I can pop Electra on the list, too 🤓

@Genethagenius

5 ай бұрын

@@MoAnInc I honestly can’t decide whose “Electra” play I like better, Sophocles or Euripedes! (Although in terms of overall work, Euripedes wins. His “Trojan Women” & “Medea” are also favorites. Particularly the Neil Curry translations).

Absolutely love your content, thank you so much for making them! I've actually gotten myself into reading the Iliad and the Odyssey last year and I referred back to your videos as a guide to help understand what was happening a bit more and to fact check if I understood the content in the first place and let me just tell you, you make learning and reading all of these so much fun! It's always a blast to hear your summaries because I can see you truly enjoy talking about this. So thank you again because I am very appreciative that you put the time in for these videos as well. Now, with that being said, I've been on another journey going through Sophocles' plays since I have a book with all 7 of his surviving works and I would love to see a video about "Ajax" and "Philoctetes" since I remember those guys from the Iliad lol but really I enjoy all your content from the Homer videos so, whatever you're interested in sharing with us about the plays, I will most likely watch!

@MoAnInc

Ай бұрын

Thank you SO much!! 🫶🏼✨

Yeah! +1 for the Oedipus Rex analysis!

@MoAnInc

5 ай бұрын

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Loved this. Your enthusiasm is contagious.

@MoAnInc

2 ай бұрын

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this is so perfect I have a midterm on Sophocles coming up and I'm reading Antigone!!!!! Thank you Erica

@MoAnInc

5 ай бұрын

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as much as we have that is rich and good, just imagine if all of his plays had survived. this is a perennial thought when we think of the ancient world. the richness lost to us, but still enough richness remains

That " Triangalate " is such a tremendous idea. It reminds me of ? perhaps the shift in perspective in art and the renisance. It's so hard to shift from two dimensional thinking and introversion and imagination into three dimensions of life for me. I Hope to work and study harder as a result. Thank You!!!

I love Sophocles! One of my favorite plays is Ajax, if you could cover it that would be wonderful :) Also, maybe a fun idea would be, doing an Euripides biography followed by a videos about Frogs.

@MoAnInc

5 ай бұрын

Added Ajax to the list! 🤓

Well this was good timing because I’m currently reading Sophocles! 🤣

@MoAnInc

5 ай бұрын

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Of the six competitions that he lost, I would love to know who won.

Love me some Antigone and Oedipus Rex. Watching this though, just occurred to me to ask, but is the Oedipus story a myth in the same way the other Greek myths are, just written in play form?

Thank youuuu for making this videoooooo Also, totally out of context but could you maybe let me know what lipstick you are wearing 👉🏼👈🏼 it suits you so well

Bravo ! You know a lot and you show to us in a passion way. Sophokles, ΣΟΦΟΚΛΗΣ ΑΠΟ ΚΟΛΩΝΟΝ, sets Antigone, a Woman, a Girl, against all State (ΚΡΕΩΝ) to defend the dead Brother, because the Justice of the Human cannot be higher that of the Holly. Yet, ΚΟΛΩΝΟΣ, is 2.300 meters from the center of Athens, the ΑΓΟΡΑ.I live there. (what an honour...) A Greek friend, Demetrios Maniates.

I thought Prometheus bound was psuedo asiclus because its about personal morality of pride as opposed to all his other surviving plays about public morals but truly dont know

I heard too that Sophocles was a general

5:00 another reason to create a time machine: recover all the lost books, besides saving Archimedes from being killed😢

I know this video was posted a month ago but what sources are good and helpful that I can use to find more about Sophocles? I’m writing an essay and as you mentioned, there really isn’t much of an autobiography of him. 😅

I am only here because you are a nerd 🤓 lol 😂😂😂😂love the video and your amazing and wonderful content too prayers and blessings for you and your family love your number one Aussie family friend John ❤❤❤

haaa... the dreadfull RhM (Rapid Hand Movement)... 😇

Thank for all your videos! Can I ask if there is some kind of list of ancient classic books I can follow? I never went to highschool in my country Sweden so I missed out on more 'advanced' reading. Anyway wanted to start reading all or atleast attempt reading the greatest ancient classics since I love history! Is there somewhere to start? Should I begin with The Odyssey? The Illiad? I do find it difficult reading long books and prefer shorter ones. Is there any good classics that aren't that immense and that I might finish rather quick? (To get my mind used to it and then move on to the bigger ones.) Thank for your videos!😊

@wilsonacero6722

5 ай бұрын

You can start by reading any Greek tragedy from Aeschylus Sophocles or Euripides and you can finish any of them in a couple hours

Can we expect an Euripides biography next? I see an Aeschylus video aired 9 months ago but we don't have Euripides yet(or do we?). Have a great day!

@MoAnInc

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely!! I’m going to get a bunch of these context episodes uploaded in the coming weeks so that I can start delivering on all the requested plays as they come in, rather than doing structured series uploads!