Sophocles
Sophocles was a Greek dramatist whose long career came between his contemporaries Aeschylus and Euripides. A respected public figure of Athens, he was both a priest and a general (an elected position), but… More »
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Sophocles (pronounced /ˈsɒfəkliːz/ in English; ancient Greek Sophoklēs , probably pronounced ; c. 496 BC-406 BC) was the second of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose work has sur...
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Biography of ancient Greek dramatist Sophocles and analysis of his poetic qualities. ... Purchase Books by Sophocles ... Colonus, a village near Athens, was the place of Sophocles' birth, and the date, 495 B.C., thus making him thirty years younger than Aeschylus and fifteen years older than Euripides. His father, Sophilus,
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This timeline was originally published in Sophocles: Tragedies and Fragments. E.H. Plumptre. Boston: D.C. Heath & Co. Publishers, 1906. pp. 13-15. ... Purchase Books by Sophocles ... 440 Sophocles exhibits the Antigone, and is made one of the ten Athenian generals in the war with Samos. Meets Herodotos at Samos.
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Biography of ancient Greek playwright Sophocles--plus links to all of his works currently in print. ... Born in 495 B.C. about a mile northwest of Athens, Sophocles was to become one of the great playwrights of the golden age. The son of a wealthy merchant, he would enjoy all the comforts of a thriving Greek empire.
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A biography of the Greek dramatist Sophocles and list of related links. ... SOPHOCLES was born in the autumn of 497 [B.C.], twenty-eight years after Aeschylus. His father Sophillus, though not of aristocratic descent, was a rich man, his wealth being derived from the ownership of slaves employed in various manufactures.
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Sophocles. Biography of Sophocles and a searchable collection of works. ... In his first competition, in 468 B.C, Sophocles took first prize, defeating none other than Aeschylus himself. More than 120 plays were to follow. He would go on to win eighteen first prizes. An accomplished actor, Sophocles performed in many of...
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