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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.
Sophocles (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 Oedipus the King.
Sep 29, 2013 · Sophocles of Kolōnos (c. 496 - c. 406 BCE) was one of the most famous and celebrated writers of tragedy plays in ancient Greece and his surviving works, written...
Sophocles was the best-loved of the three great Ancient tragedieans, both as a person and as a playwright. including Ajax, Antigone, Electra, Oedipus at Colonus, Oedipus Rex, Philoctetes, Women of Trachis etc.
Sophocles - 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.
Sophocles Biography. In the world of Greek theater, Sophocles was king. It is thought that he won the first prize at the Athenian festival eighteen times. Far from being a tortured artist working at the fringes of society, Sophocles was among the most popular and well-respected men of his day.
Jun 6, 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 age 90. Only seven of his plays, of some 125 attributed to him, survive.
Mar 7, 2023 · Sophocles was one of the three great masters of the genre of Greek tragedy. His life spanned the 5th century bce, and saw him compose approximately 123 dramas, while simultaneously occupying a series of important offices within the democratic state of ancient Athens.
