Tragedy

27 works

27 works of Tragedy in the Western literary canon — ranked by Gröblé, with difficulty, length, and influence at a glance.

Tragedy, Ranked

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10Oedipus Rex Sophocles~429 BCAncient GreeceModerateQuick449368TragedyAncient Greek
13Hamlet William Shakespeare~1600ShakespeareGruelingMedium1229795TragedyEnglish
20Othello William Shakespeare~1603ShakespeareGruelingMedium1068875TragedyEnglish
23King Lear William Shakespeare~1605ShakespeareGruelingMedium1059572TragedyEnglish
26Macbeth William Shakespeare~1606ShakespeareGruelingShort689487TragedyEnglish
49Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare~1595ShakespeareGruelingShort988799TragedyEnglish
50The Oresteia Aeschylus458 BCAncient GreeceHardMedium1609350TragedyAncient Greek
70Antigone Sophocles441 BCAncient GreeceModerateQuick428568TragedyAncient Greek
75Julius Caesar William Shakespeare~1599ShakespeareGruelingShort792261TragedyEnglish
89Faust, First Part Johann Wolfgang von Goethe1808RomanticsHardMedium1327245TragedyGerman
96Medea Euripides431 BCAncient GreeceModerateShort546851TragedyAncient Greek
108Antony and Cleopatra William Shakespeare~1606ShakespeareGruelingShort1002133TragedyEnglish
118Dr. Faustus Christopher Marlowe1588RenaissanceModerateShort983934TragedyEnglish
139Prometheus Bound Aeschylus~460 BCAncient GreeceHardQuick36318TragedyAncient Greek
140Oedipus at Colonus Sophocles401 BCAncient GreeceModerateShort74317TragedyAncient Greek
144Philoctetes Sophocles409 BCAncient GreeceModerateShort53296TragedyAncient Greek
146Women of Trachis Sophocles~450 BCAncient GreeceModerateQuick38295TragedyAncient Greek
147Coriolanus William Shakespeare~1608ShakespeareGruelingMedium1101832TragedyEnglish
148Ajax Sophocles~440 BCAncient GreeceModerateQuick44306TragedyAncient Greek
149Alcestis Euripides438 BCAncient GreeceModerateQuick36285TragedyAncient Greek
152The Seven Against Thebes Aeschylus467 BCAncient GreeceHardQuick32271TragedyAncient Greek
158Timon of Athens William Shakespeare~1606ShakespeareGruelingShort731014TragedyEnglish
165The Bacchae Euripides405 BCAncient GreeceModerateShort486849TragedyAncient Greek
171Titus Andronicus William Shakespeare~1592ShakespeareGruelingShort831215TragedyEnglish
181Electra Sophocles~410 BCAncient GreeceModerateShort47307TragedyAncient Greek
185The Persians Aeschylus472 BCAncient GreeceModerateQuick32281TragedyAncient Greek
189The Suppliants Aeschylus463 BCAncient GreeceModerateQuick32271TragedyAncient Greek