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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: Sophocles

    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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    First published in 1877 — 15 editions
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    First published in 1960 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: The seven plays, in English verse by Lewis Campbell.

    Cover of edition tragediesliteral01sophuoft Cover of edition tragediesinengli00sophuoft Cover of edition dramasofsophocle00sophuoft Cover of edition tragedies00sophuoft Cover of edition tragediesnewtran00sophiala Cover of edition sophoklestragoe00schmgoog First published in 1793 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Dramas of Sophocles

    First published in 1906 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Sophoclis tragoediae septem: cum scholiis veteribus, versione Latina et notis : accedunt deperditorum dramatum fragmenta

    First published in 1534 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Tragoediae septem

    First published in 1800 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Fabulae.: Recognovit brevique adnotatione critica instruxit A.C. Pearson. 2. impressio, nonnullis locis correctior.

    First published in 1923 — 6 editions
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    First published in 1947 — 6 editions
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    Cover of edition oedipecolone00soph Cover of edition oedipecolo00soph Cover of edition oedipecolo00soph First published in 1859 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy (Webster's Korean Thesaurus Edition)

    First published in 2002 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1906 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1920 — 5 editions
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    First published in 2016 — 5 editions
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    First published in 2012 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The plays of Sophocles.

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  • Cover of: Electra and other plays

    First published in 1953 — 5 editions
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    First published in 2006 — 4 editions
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ancient Greek playwright

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

Subjects

Drama, Antigone (Greek mythology), Oedipus (Greek mythology), Greek Mythology, Translations into English, Greek drama (Tragedy), Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author), Electra (Greek mythology), Ajax (Greek mythology), Greek drama, Philoctetes (Greek mythology), Trojan War, Drama (dramatic works by one author), Translations into German, Heracles (Greek mythology), Sophocles, Translations into Italian, Criticism and interpretation, History and criticism, Classical philology, Greek drama, history and criticism, Greek language materials, Adaptations, Dictionaries, English language

Places

Thebes (Greece), Greece, Carthage, Italy, Milan, Naples

People

Sophocles, Oedipus (Greek mythological figure), Antigone (Mythological character), W. B. Yeats (1865-1939), Alonso, Antonio, Ariel, Caliban, Ceres, Electra (Greek mythological figure), Ferdinand, Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843), Gonzalo, Iris, Juno, Miranda, Paul, 1862-, ed. and tr Masqueray, Prospero, Sebastian, Sycorax, Thomas Francklin (1721-1784), William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

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

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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
December 15, 2020 Edited by Lisa merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import