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Sophocles

Sophocles (; , , Sophoklễs; 497/496 – winter 406/405 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian, one of three from whom at least two plays have survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus and earlier than, or contemporary with, those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote more than 120 plays, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus. For almost 50 years, Sophocles was the most celebrated playwright in the dramatic competitions of the city-state of Athens, w

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Sophocles was an ancient Greek playwright who lived from 497/496 to 406/405 BC and wrote over 120 plays, of which only seven survive complete today—including famous works like *Oedipus Rex* and *Antigone*. He matters because he was one of the three most important Greek tragedians whose works have endured, and he dominated Athens's theater competitions for nearly 50 years, making him a central figure in the development of Western drama.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 517

Top works

Antigone in usum scholarum
Tragoediae graece et latine
Sophokleous Elektra = Sophoclis Electra
Sophokleous Antigonē
Philoktetes

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Writing · Colonus, Athens, Greece

Sophocles (c. 497/496 – winter 406/405 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian known as one of three from whom at least two plays have survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus and earlier than, or contemporary with, those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote more than 120 plays, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, Women…

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: Greece
Active from: -496
Active to: -406

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Listeners: 277
Total plays: 1,478

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Quotes

“οὔκουν γέλως ἥδιστος εἰς ἐχθροὺς γελᾶν;”
“ὡς ἡμέρα κλίνει τε κἀνάγει πάλινἅπαντα τἀνθρώπεια.”
“τῶν γὰρ μεγάλων ψυχῶν ἱεὶςοὐκ ἂν ἁμάρτοι· κατὰ δ᾿ ἄν τις ἐμοῦτοιαῦτα λέγων οὐκ ἂν πείθοι.πρὸς γὰρ τὸν ἔχονθ᾿ ὁ φθόνος ἕρπει.καίτοι σμικροὶ μεγάλων χωρὶςσφαλερὸν πύργου ῥῦμα πέλονται.”
“γύναι, γυναιξὶ κόσμον ἡ σιγὴ φέρει.”
“ἀλλ᾿ ἢ καλῶς ζῆν ἢ καλῶς τεθνηκέναιτὸν εὐγενῆ χρή.”
“τῆς ἀναγκαίας τύχηςοὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν μεῖζον ἀνθρώποις κακόν.”

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Key facts

Writer.name: Sophocles
Writer.image: Sophocles pushkin.jpg
Writer.birth_date: 497/496 BC
Writer.birth_place: Colonus, Attica
Writer.death_date: 406/405 BC (aged 90–92)
Writer.death_place: Athens
Writer.occupation: Tragedian
Writer.genre: Tragedy

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Wikidata facts

Image: Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek - Sophokles.jpg

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date of birth: 0496-00-00
Commons category: Sophocles
date of death: 0406-00-00
Commons Creator page: Sophocles
name in native language: Σοφοκλῆς
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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Sophocles, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Sophokles Tragoedien. 4, Philoktetes

Sophocleous dramata: with introductions and annotations for schools. 4, Sophokleus Trachiniai

Sophoclis Tragoediae. 5, Trachiniae

Sophokles. 3, Oedipus auf Kolonos

Sophoclis Electra

Sophocles Tragoedia. 5, Koenig Oidipus

Sophoclis Tragoediae. 1, Antigona

Sophocles. 6, Trachinian

King Oedipus: with Greek text

Sophoclis Tragoediae. 1, Antigona

Sophocles

Aiax

Sophocles Tragoedia. 3, Aias

Sophocles

Sophokles. 5, Elektra

Sophocles. 2, Oedipus Tyrannos

Sophocles Tragoedia. 1, Electra

Sophokleus tragōdiai. 1,2, Philoktetes, Elektra, die Trachinerinnen : [Erläuterungen]

Sophoclis Philoctetes :Euripidis Hecuba Medea Iphigenia In Aulide

Sophoclis Tragoediae Septem = Sophokleus Ai Hepta Tragōdiai

Sophoclis Tragoediae. 1,4., Antigona

Sophoclis Tragoediae. 1,2, Continens Oedipum Regem

King Oedipus - a poster

King Oedipus - theater program

Sophocles. 1

Sophoclis tragoediae septem ac deperditarum fragmenta :accedit lexicon Sophocleum et index verborum locupletissimus. 1, Trachiniae

Sophocles. 2., Oedipus Tyrannos

König Oidipus. Eine Tragödie des Sophokles in den Versmassen des Originals aus dem Griechisschen überzetzt

Antygona

King Oedipus

Electric

Antigone: screenplay

Sophocles

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Article

14 sections

Contents

Life
Works and legacy
Theban plays
Subjects
Composition and inconsistencies
Other plays
Fragmentary plays
Sophocles's view of his own work
Reception
Locations named after
See also
References
Sources
External links

The most famous tragedies of Sophocles feature Oedipus and Antigone: they are generally known as the Theban plays, though each was part of a different tetralogy (the other members of which are now lost). Sophocles influenced the development of drama, most importantly by adding a third actor (attributed to Sophocles by Aristotle; to Aeschylus by Themistius), thereby reducing the importance of the chorus in the presentation of the plot. He also developed his characters to a greater extent than earlier playwrights.