This book includes the historical and critical essay "Sophocles and the Heroic Tragedy," as well as a detailed analysis of each of the seven preserved tragedies of the great ancient Greek poet ("King Oedipus," "Oedipus in Colon," "Antigone," "Ayant," "Philoctetes," "Electra," "Trachynianki"). All articles were included in the publication: Sophocles. Dramas. Translation with introductions and introductory essay by F. Zelinsky, vols. 1-3: M., M. and S. Sabashnikov, 1914-1915 and since then have not been published in Russian.