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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First published in 1715 186 editions in 12 languages — 31 previewable
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First published in 1588 79 editions in 11 languages — 14 previewable
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First published in 1833 38 editions in 5 languages — 4 previewable
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First published in 1729 27 editions in 1 language — 10 previewable
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First published in 1947 20 editions in 1 language — 6 previewable
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First published in 1669 14 editions in 4 languages — 4 previewable
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First published in 1960 12 editions in 2 languages
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First published in 1956 11 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable
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Drama, Antigone (Greek mythology), Translations into English, Oedipus (Greek mythology), Greek Mythology, Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author), Greek drama (Tragedy), Greek drama, Electra (Greek mythology), Ajax (Greek mythology), Sophocles, 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, History and criticism, Translations into Italian, open_syllabus_project, Greek drama, history and criticism, Classical philology, Adaptations, Greek language materialsPlaces
Thebes (Greece), Greece, Araby, Araby bazaar, Athens, Carthage, Italy, Milan, Naples, North Richmond Street, Theatre of DionysusPeople
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, SycoraxID Numbers
- OLID: OL11149A
- ISNI: 0000000122836085
- VIAF: 101760867
- Wikidata: Q7235
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