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.
Sophocles
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סופוקלס, Sophoklis, 소포클레스, and 73 others
Софокл, Sophokleus, 所霍利茲, सॉफोक्लीस, Szophoklész, Софокле, Sofokleo, सोफोक्लीज, ਸੋਫੋਕਲਸ, Сафокл, Sofoklis, Sofokls, سۆفۆکلێس, Sofoklês, سوفوكليس, Pseudo-Sophocles, Sop'okle, Sofocle, Sofokle, Sofoklej, Sofokles, Sophoklḗs, Sofoklî̄̄s, Sophocles, Sophoclis, Սոփոկլես, סאפאקלעס, .. Sophokles-Piens, Sofoklīs, Sophokles, Sūtmūklīs, Sophocle, சாஃபக்கிளீசு, Sofuoklis, سوفوکل, Sòfocle, Sophocles Maior, ソポクレース, സോഫക്കിൾസ്, Sofokl, S, Sophoklís, Sófocles, Sophocles Atheniensis tragicus, Sòfocles, Sofokŭl, ソポクレス, Soffocles, সফোক্লিস, Софокъл, ソフォクレス, Σοφοκλής, ซอโฟคลีส, Sôfôqles, Sophocles Major, Sófókles, Sofucli, 索福克勒斯, Sophoklēs, ဆောဖကလီ, Sofoklī́s, Σοφοκλῆς, سوفوکلیز, სოფოკლე, Sūfūklīs, Sophocles I, Sopocles, Sofoklo, Sofokliu, Sofocles, Sopokles, Sophoklê̄s, سوفوكليس، - Born:
- April 17, 496
- Died:
- April 17, 406
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Books by Sophocles
Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes
by Mary Wollstonecraft, Charles Dickens, Lord Byron, and 119 others