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Sophocles died at the age of 90 or 91 in the winter of 406/5 BC, having seen, within his lifetime, both the Greek triumph in the Persian Wars, and the bloodletting of the Peloponnesian War. [2] As with many famous men in classical antiquity, his death inspired a number of apocryphal stories. See more
Sophocles (c. 497/496 – winter 406/405 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian, known as one of three from whom at least one play has survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of See more
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• See moreSophocles, the son of Sophillus, was a wealthy member of the rural deme (small community) of Hippeios Colonus in Attica, which was to become a setting for one of his plays; and he … See more
Sophocles is known for innovations in dramatic structure; deeper development of characters than earlier playwrights; and, if it was not Aeschylus, the addition of a third actor, which further … See more
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• Beer, Josh (2004). Sophocles and the Tragedy of Athenian Democracy. Greenwood Publishing. ISBN 0-313-28946-8
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WEBSophocles (born c. 496 bce, Colonus, near Athens [Greece]—died 406, Athens) was, along with Aeschylus and Euripides, one of classical Athens’s three great tragic playwrights. The best known of his 123 dramas is …
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WEBDied: 406 B.C.E. Athens, Greece. Greek dramatist. The Greek playwright Sophocles was responsible for several improvements in the presentation of drama. His tragedies (plays in which characters suffer because of their …
Sophocles - World History Encyclopedia
WEBSep 29, 2013 · Sophocles' seven surviving complete tragedies are: Antigone (c. 442 BCE) about a woman torn between public and private duty. Oedipus Rex aka Oedipus t he King (429 - 420 BCE) about the …
Sophocles - Greek Mythology
WEBAfter the death of his predecessor (456/5 BC), Sophocles became the preeminent playwright in Athens, a title he held onto for the next half a century, practically until his very death at the age of 90 in the winter of …
Sophocles Biography - CliffsNotes
WEBSophocles dramatizes the story of the death of Hercules in The Trachinae (413 B.C.) and returns to the subject of the Trojan War in Philoctetes (410 B.C.). Sophocles' last work, …
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WEBSophocles - Greek Tragedy, Oedipus, Antigone: Only seven of Sophocles’ tragedies survive in their entirety, along with 400 lines of a satyr play, numerous fragments of plays now lost, and 90 titles.
Tragedy - Sophocles, Greek, Drama | Britannica
WEBAug 8, 2024 · Tragedy - Sophocles, Greek, Drama: Sophocles’ life spanned almost the whole of the 5th century. He is said to have written his last play, Oedipus at Colonus, at …
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WEBDiod. 13.103.4 reports that Sophocles died in 406/5, at the age of ninety. A plausible tradition records that Sophocles’ grandson, Ariston, produced the Oedipus at Colonus in …
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WEBMay 23, 2018 · Sophocles died c. 406 bce, in Athens, Greece, though the details surrounding his death are vague. Works in Literary Context Among Sophocles known …
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WEBAfter his death, Sophocles was honored as a hero for his part in bringing to Athens the worship of Asclepius, the god of healing, whose priest he became.
Sophocles (1), Athenian tragic playwright | Oxford Classical …
WEBMar 7, 2023 · His Ajax, like Niobe, comes dangerously close to depicting a death blow; yet the protagonist’s suicide a mere three-fifths of the way through the drama does not …
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WEBSophocles. Sophocles, the son of a wealthy arms manufacturer, was born probably in 496 B.C.E. in the deme Colonus near Athens. Of all the ancient playwrights, he scored the …
207 Classical Greek Tragedy: Sophocles, Classical Drama and …
WEBLiving then from the triumph of the Persian Wars through almost the entirety of the fifth century BCE, Sophocles' timely death spared him the horrors of witnessing the final …
Sophocles: Archetypal Master of Greek Tragedy - Ancient Origins
WEBJul 18, 2020 · The death of Sophocles, in an engraving by S. Pomarede from 1748. How Did Sophocles Die? Sophocles died in 406/5 BC, not long after Euripides. There are several …
Sophocles summary | Britannica
WEBSophocles , (born c. 496, Colonus, near Athens—died 406 bc, Athens), Greek playwright. With Aeschylus and Euripides, he was one of the three great tragic playwrights of …
Sophocles - Classics - Oxford Bibliographies
WEBDec 14, 2009 · Sophocles won his first victory as a tragedian in 468 BCE (according to the ancient tradition, with his first production) and died in 405. He produced about 120 plays: …
Sophocles – Ancient Greece – Classical Literature
WEBJan 11, 2022 · Sophocles died at the venerable age of ninety in 406 or 405 BCE, having seen within his lifetime both the Greek triumph in the Persian Wars and the terrible …
Sophocles: Who Was the Second of the Greek Tragedians?
WEBAug 26, 2022 · This is the truth of the second great Greek tragedian. In Antigone, Sophocles writes, “Nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse.”. Sophocles …
Sophocles - New World Encyclopedia
WEBPrefiguring Shakepearean tragedy, Sophocles explores human fallibility, the limits of knowledge, and the susceptibility of the human condition within the cosmic order. In …
Sophocles Biography - Owl Eyes
WEBArticle abstract: Greek playwright {$I [g]Greece;Sophocles} One of the most important ancient Greek tragedians, Sophocles was an innovative and skilled master of character …
Sophocles: A Mythic Life | A.R.T. - American Repertory Theater
WEBThe facts of Sophocles’ life are difficult to separate from legend. According to one version of his death, the ninety-year-old dramatist was giving a public reading of Antigone when …
Antigone by Sophocles - Greek Mythology
WEBAntigone by Sophocles. One of Sophocles’ earliest surviving plays, Antigone is often thought of a perfect specimen of Ancient Greek tragedy. It begins a day after the defeat …
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