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Sophocles


Born
Colonus, Attica, Greece
Genre
Theatre, Poetry


Sophocles (497/496 BC-406/405 BC), (Greek: Σοφοκλής ; German: Sophokles , Russian: Софокл , French: Sophocle ) 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 Aeschylus; and earlier than, or contemporary with, those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote over 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 fifty 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 Dionysia ...more

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Average rating: 3.78 · 564,827 ratings · 22,868 reviews · 2,273 distinct works • Similar authors
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Sophocles: The Complete Plays
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Series by Sophocles

Oedipus Rex Oedipus at Colonus Antigone
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Quotes by Sophocles  (?)
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“One word
Frees us of all the weight and pain of life:
That word is love.”
― Sophocles
tags: love, pain
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“All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.”
― Sophocles, Antigone
tags: change, character, course, crime, failure, mistakes, pride, yield
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“Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.”
― Sophocles
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Polls

August 2016 Short Story Poll

 
  47 votes, 26.1%

Chess Story by Stefan Zweig, 1941, 104 pages
 
  31 votes, 17.2%

 
  28 votes, 15.6%

Antigone by Sophocles, 441BC, 80 pages***
 
  20 votes, 11.1%

Meditations byMarcus Aurelius, 180, 99 pages**
 
  19 votes, 10.6%

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, 1923, 127 pages
 
  15 votes, 8.3%

The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster, 1909, 48 pages
 
  14 votes, 7.8%

 
  6 votes, 3.3%

180 total votes
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