The publication contains all the surviving works of the ancient Greek playwright and tragedian Sophocles, including fragments from his tragedies, preserved in quotations from other ancient authors. The translation of the tragedies was made by the wonderful Russian philologist F. F. Zelinsky, who worked during the Silver Age. The volume contains a detailed scientific apparatus that can satisfy the most demanding requirements of the reader, as well as illustrations. The editorial board of the publication includes the famous M. L. Gasparov and V. N. Yarkho; the latter also wrote part of the editorial articles for the volume.

CONTENTS: TRAGEDIES. Translation by F.F. Zelinsky, ed. M.L. Gasparova and V.N. YarhoKing Oedipus (5,545).Oedipus at Colonus (59,552).Antigone (124,558).Ajax (169,562).Philoctetes (216,568).Electra (269,573).Trachinian Women (323,579).Pathfinders (365,583).Genealogical tables of mythological characters mentioned by Sophocles (Compiled by V.N. Yarho) (378).FRAGMENTS. (Translated by F.F. Zelinsky, O.V. Smyka and V.N. Yarho) (381,586). Table for translating the numbering of fragments in the edition of S. Radt (Compiled by V. N. Yarho) (436). ADDENDUM. Translation by V.N. Chemberdzhi Biography of Sophocles (440,595). Ancient evidence of the life and work of Sophocles (442,596). APPENDICES List of abbreviations (465). V. N. Yarho. Tragic Theater of Sophocles (467). V.N. Yarho. F.F. Zelinsky - translator of Sophocles (509). Notes (compiled by V.Ya. Yarho) (542). LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS: Sophocles. Roman copy of a Greek original from the 30s of the 4th century. BC. Vatican, collection b. Lateran Museum. Frontispiece Athena in thought. Relief from the 60s of the 5th century. BC. Athens. Acropolis MuseumKresilai. Bust of Pericles. OK. 440 BC Marble copy from a bronze original. Munich. Glyptothek Demeter and Triptolemus. Relief of the last third of the 5th century. BC. Athens. National MuseumHead of Posidon. Fragment of a bronze statue from ca. 460 BC Athens. National Museum of the Birth of Aphrodite. The so-called relief "The Throne of Ludovisi". OK. 460 BC Rome. National MuseumHead of Zeus. Mid-5th century BC. Cyrene. Museum of SculptureHead of Apollo from the island of Cyprus. 2nd quarter of the 5th century. BC. London. British MuseumBattle of the Greeks with the Amazons. Fragment of the shield of Athena the Virgin from the statue of Phidias. OK. 440 BC e. Copy of the 1st-2nd centuries. AD Museum of Piraeus Posidon, Apollo and Artemis. Detail of the east frieze of the Parthenon. 447-432 BC. Phidias and his circle. Athens. Acropolis MuseumBattle of the Greeks with the Amazons. Fragment of the shield of Athena the Virgin from the statue of Phidias. OK. 440 BC Copy I-II centuries AD Museum of PiraeusHead of a young man. Detail of the Parthenon frieze. Around 430s BC School of Phidias Parthenon in Athens. V century BC.Tombstone stele of a young man from the island of Salamis. 2nd half V century BC. Athens. National Museum Gegeso Stele. Last quarter of the 5th century. BC. Athens. National MuseumTemple of Nike on the Acropolis of Athens. OK. 430 BC Temple of Apollo at Delphi. IV century BC Theater of Dionysus in Athens. 30s IV century BC Hercules, Nessus and Dejanira. Red-figure kylix by Aristophanes. OK. 420 BC Boston. Museum of Fine Arts Apollo and Artemis killing Niobe's children. Detail of a red-figure crater. 2nd quarter of the 5th century. BC. Paris. LouvreDancing satyrs. Red-figure kylix of the Duris circle. OK. 460 BC Moscow. Pushkin Museum im. Pushkin Head of the Sphinx. Detail of the acroteria of the Temple of Apollo at Thebes. 2nd floor. VI century BC. Paris. LouvreSeated Asclepius. Relief from Epidaurus. OK. 380 BC Athens. National Museum.