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Sophocles

Sophocles (circa. 496 BCE - 406 BCE) was the second of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose work has survived to the present day. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus, and earlier than those of Euripides. According to the Suda, a 10th century encyclopedia, Sophocles wrote 120 or more plays during the course of his life, but only seven have survived in a complete form, namely Ajax, Antigone, Trachinian Women, Oedipus the King, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus. For almost 50 years, Sophocles was the most-awarded playwright in the dramatic competitions of ancient Athens that took place during the religious festivals of the Lenaea and the Dionysia. Sophocles competed in around thirty drama competitions; he won perhaps twenty four and never received lower than second place. Aeschylus won fourteen competitions and was defeated by Sophocles at times. Euripides won only four competitions.

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ancient Greek playwright

Born 496 B.C.
Died 406 B.C.

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  • Cover of: The Oedipus Tyrannus
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  • Cover of: Sophocles Antigone
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    Cover of edition antigonesoph00soph Cover of edition 4768946 Cover of edition 4737336 Cover of edition MN40048ucmf_1 Cover of edition sophoclesantigon00sophiala Cover of edition antigone00sophgoog Cover of edition antigone00collgoog Cover of edition antigone00abbogoog Cover of edition antigone01sophgoog First published in 1581 — 97 editions
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  • Cover of: Sophocles
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    Cover of edition sophocleseditedw02sophuoft Cover of edition cu31924087948174 Cover of edition sophoclestragedi01sophiala Cover of edition sophocles01sophuoft Cover of edition sophocles00sophrich Cover of edition sophoclestextof00sophiala Cover of edition sophoclestextofs00sophuoft Cover of edition sophocleswitheng02soph Cover of edition sophoclessevenpl00soph First published in 1832 — 96 editions
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  • Cover of: The Electra of Sophocles.
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    Cover of edition electraeditedbyr00sophuoft Cover of edition elektrasoph00sophuoft Cover of edition electraofsophocl00sophrich Cover of edition cu31924026677082 Cover of edition cu31924026676746 Cover of edition electratragedyas00sophuoft Cover of edition electretragdie00sophuoft Cover of edition electrasophocle01jebbgoog Cover of edition electra0000soph_j1d3 First published in 1588 — 79 editions
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  • Cover of: Antigone.
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  • Cover of: The Ajax of Sophocles
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    Cover of edition ajaxtour00soph Cover of edition ajaxsoph00soph Cover of edition ajaxofsophocles00sophrich Cover of edition ajaxeditedbyrcje00sophuoft Cover of edition ajaxofsophocles00sophiala Cover of edition ajaxtour00soph Cover of edition ajax02sophgoog Cover of edition ajax03sophgoog Cover of edition aias00sophgoog First published in 1714 — 51 editions
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  • Cover of: Philoktetes
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    Cover of edition philoktetes0000soph_d6v1 Cover of edition philoktetes0000soph First published in 1553 — 43 editions
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  • Cover of: Oedipus at Colonus: closely translated from the Greek
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    Cover of edition oedipuscoloneusw00sophuoft Cover of edition edipocoloneotrag00sophuoft Cover of edition sophoclesoedipus00soph_0 Cover of edition oedipusatcolonus00soph Cover of edition oedipusatcolonus0000soph_a7a7 Cover of edition oedipusatcolonus00soph_1 Cover of edition oedipusatcolonus0000soph_s9l8 Cover of edition oedipusatcolonus00soph_2 First published in 1819 — 42 editions
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  • Cover of: Trachiniae
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  • Cover of: Nine Greek dramas
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  • Cover of: The tragedies of Sophocles
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  • Cover of: Sophoclis tragoediae: ad optimorum librorum fidem accurate editae.
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  • Cover of: The Theban plays
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  • Cover of: Plays and fragments: with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose
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  • Cover of: Sophokles: the complete plays
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    Cover of edition sophokles01soph Cover of edition sophokles06soph Cover of edition sophokles00radegoog Cover of edition sophoklesvolume01sophgoog Cover of edition sophokles01sophgoog Cover of edition sophoklesdeutsc02donngoog Cover of edition sophokles00chudgoog Cover of edition sophokles00naucgoog Cover of edition sophoklescomplet0000soph First published in 1851 — 17 editions
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  • Cover of: Sophocle.
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    First published in 1877 — 15 editions
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  • Cover of: Tragoediae
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    Cover of edition tragoediae00meklgoog Cover of edition tragoediae00wundgoog Cover of edition tragoediae00weckgoog First published in 1669 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: Antigona

    First published in 1960 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: Sophoclis Fabulae
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    First published in 1924 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: Three Theban plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus.
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ancient Greek playwright

Born 496 B.C.
Died 406 B.C.

Subjects

Drama, Translations into English, Antigone (Greek mythology), Oedipus (Greek mythology), Greek Mythology, Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author), Greek drama (Tragedy), Greek drama, Sophocles, Electra (Greek mythology), Ajax (Greek mythology), Philoctetes (Greek mythology), Drama (dramatic works by one author), Trojan War, Criticism and interpretation, Heracles (Greek mythology), Translations into German, Greek drama, translations into english, Translations into Italian, History and criticism, open_syllabus_project, 882/.01, Classical philology, Greek drama, history and criticism, Mythology, greek

Places

Thebes (Greece), Greece, Araby, Araby bazaar, Athens, Carthage, Italy, Milan, Naples, North Richmond Street, Theatre of Dionysus

People

Sophocles, Oedipus (Greek mythological figure), Antigone (Mythological character), W. B. Yeats (1865-1939), Ajax (Greek mythological figure), Alonso, Antonio, Ariel, Caliban, Ceres, David Grene, Electra (Greek mythological figure), Ferdinand, Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843), Gonzalo, Iris, Juno, Mangan's sister, Miranda, Oedipus, Paul, 1862-, ed. and tr Masqueray, Prospero, Richard Claverhouse Jebb Sir (1841-1905), Sebastian, Sycorax

Time

429 BC, Trojan War

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Alternative names

  • Sophocles
  • SOPHOCLES.
  • SOPHOCLES
  • Sophocle
  • Sophokles
  • Sfocles
  • sofokliu
  • Sófocles
  • Sofocles
  • Sophocles Sophocles
  • MR. Sophocles
  • sophocles
  • Sophoklēs
  • sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes Eschylus

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January 13, 2025 Edited by raybb Edited without comment.
February 27, 2024 Edited by Drini merge authors
October 15, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 3, 2023 Edited by David Scotson Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import