{"product_id":"sophocles-hardcover-journal","title":"Sophocles - Hardcover Journal","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eEvery great thinker kept notes. This one honors the playwright who understood that tragedy and wisdom are inseparable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis hardcover journal features a bold portrait of Sophocles on the front cover and a biographical tribute on the back - the story of the man behind the art, printed where you'll see it every time you pick it up. Part of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/legendsketch.com\/collections\/great-minds-of-classical-greece\" title=\"Great Minds of Classical Greece\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreat Minds of Classical Greece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e collection. Designed for the work of serious thinking - study sessions, creative writing, research, reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT SOPHOCLES (c. 497–406 BC)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSophocles won more dramatic competitions than any playwright in Athenian history. He entered roughly 30 festivals and never finished lower than second. In a culture that treated theatre as both religious ceremony and civic institution, that record made him the most celebrated artist of his age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe introduced the third actor to Greek drama - building on Aeschylus's innovation of the second - and expanded the possibilities of stagecraft, character, and psychological complexity in ways that transformed the art form permanently. His plays didn't just tell stories. They asked whether human beings could ever escape their fate, and whether trying to do so made things better or worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOedipus Rex\u003c\/em\u003e remains the most analyzed work in Western literature - Aristotle held it up as the perfect tragedy, and Freud borrowed its central dynamic to name a psychological complex that shaped an entire century of thought. \u003cem\u003eAntigone\u003c\/em\u003e posed a question about individual conscience versus state authority that every generation since has had to answer for itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOf the roughly 120 plays he wrote, seven survive. That seven of them are still performed, studied, and argued over 2,500 years later is the only measure of greatness that matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRODUCT FEATURES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- x-tinymce\/html --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eHardcover with matte laminate finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eFull wraparound portrait print\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eBiographical tribute printed on back cover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eFlexible casewrap binding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003ePerforated pages for clean tear-out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e150 lined pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eWipe clean gently with a dry cloth if needed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eA tool for your ideas. A tribute to his.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Printify","offers":[{"title":"Journal","offer_id":47161298550951,"sku":"16519926715577508521","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2249\/5399\/files\/Sophocles-hardcover-journal-Greek-playwright-illustration.jpg?v=1774065202","url":"https:\/\/legendsketch.com\/products\/sophocles-hardcover-journal","provider":"LegendSketch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}