Articles, essays, and reviews provide a wide range of information and opinion about Sophocles as a dramatist, his universally recognized "Oedipus the King," and focused topics, such as a specific technique or theme he employed.

ch. 1. Sophocles the dramatist -- 1. Sophocles' use of mythology / C.M. Bowra -- 2. Sophocles' mastery of character development / Werner Jaeger -- 3. Sophocles' moral themes / Robert D. Murray Jr. -- 4. Comparing Sophocles to Aeschylus / Edith Hamilton -- 5. How Sophocles viewed and portrayed the gods / Herbert J. Muller -- 6. In Sophoclean tragedy, humans create their own fate / Frank B. Jevons -- 7. Sophocles' invention of third actor widened the scope of drama / H.D.F. Kitto -- 8. Sophocles' many uses of the chorus / G.M. Kirkwood -- 9. Sophocles' comic relief : the satyr plays / William Nickerson Bates -- ch. 2. Oedipus the king -- 1. The Oedipus legend / Bernard M.W. Know -- 2. An overview of Oedipus the king / Sheldon Cheney -- 3. Oedipus endures the test of time / Charles R. Walker -- 4. A great translator's reflections on Oedipus the king / Gilbert Murray -- 5. The Oedipus complex : a theory under fire / Bruce Bower -- ch. 3. Producing Sophocles' plays -- 1. Ajax : lonely hero of a bygone age / Bernard M.W. Knox -- 2. Sophocles is interpreted in Black gospel music / Mimi Kramer -- 3. An opera version of Oedipus the king / Arthur Holmberg -- 4. Sophocles on film / Jon Solomon -- 5. Oedipus at Colonus is a statement of hope / Robert Fitzgerald -- Appendix A. The origins of theater -- Appendix B. Greek theatrical production -- Chronology -- Surviving plays of Sophocles.