Sophocles was a famous playwright working in Piraeus. Gabrielle, frustrated over production problems with her play Gabrielle and Xena: A Message of Peace went to see him for advice, but to her horror discovered that the play he was rehearsing was full of sex and violence. Deciding that if the great Sophocles could produce such smut, Gabrielle instead changed her play to Faster, Chakram! Kill! Kill!. She later changed the play back to its original meaning.
Behind the Scenes[]
- Sophocles wears what appears to be a floral crown. Crowns of laurel were awarded, in addition to other prizes, to the victors of athletic games and drama festivals in ancient Greece.
- Gabrielle is shocked that Sophocles's play is full of sex and violence. In the real world, Sophocles's plays are filled with such themes, even when they are not directly depicted on-stage. His magnum opus, Oedipus the King, features the suicide of its female lead and the self-mutilation of the male one, after each of them realizes they are involved in an incestuous relationship.
- Oedipus the King's sequel, Antigone, is widely regarded as one of the finest Greek tragedies, one of the best plays ever written, and is the inspiration for the episode "Rebel With a Cause".
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Directing His New Play