For almost 50 years, Sophocles was the most celebrated playwright in the dramatic competitions of the city-state of Athens, which took place during the religious festivals of the Lenaea and the …

Dec 6, 2025 · Sophocles was an ancient Greek dramatist who lived from about 496 to about 406 bce. He wrote more than 100 plays and was one of the three famous Greek tragedians (along …

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 …

Even while still alive, Sophocles came to be regarded as one of the wisest men in all of Greece, and soon after his death authors such as Aristophanes and Phrynichus paid warm tributes to …

A basic level guide to some of the best known and loved works of prose, poetry and drama from ancient Greece - Sophocles

In 468 B.C.E. Sophocles defeated the famous playwright Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.E. ) in one of the drama contests common at the time. He gained first prize more than any other Greek …

Sophocles lived during the Classical Period (500 to 400 B.C.), a time of transition for Greece, when political and cultural events were changing and shaping Athenian culture.

Prefiguring Shakepearean tragedy, Sophocles explores human fallibility, the limits of knowledge, and the susceptibility of the human condition within the cosmic order. In Sophoclean tragedy, …

Sophocles, an ancient Greek dramatist, wrote plays that have stood as a model for tragic dramas, both by Greek and Roman writers and into the modern age, hugely influencing the playwrights …

Sophocles Sophocles was born at Colonus, near Athens in Greece in 496 BC. He died in 406 BC in Athens. Together with Aeschylus and Euripides he is generally thought to be one of ancient …