Sophocles Includes the names: Sofocle , Sofokle , Sophocle , Sofokles , Sofocles , Sófocles , Sophokles , Sophoklēs , Sofoklīs, , Sophokleous ... (see complete list ) , Szophoklész , Софокл , סופוקלס , Sófocles , סופוקלס, , Sophocles et al , Σοφοκλής , Sòfocles, , Σοφοκλης , Σοφοκλῆς , Sophocles Sophocles , Szophoklész, , Robert Torrance (translator) Sophocles , Sophocles (introduction by Thornton Wilder)
37,454 (44,402) 340 457 (3.83) 67 Sophocles was born around 496 B.C. in Colonus (near Athens), Greece. In 480, he was selected to lead the paean (choral chant to a god) celebrating the decisive Greek sea victory over the Persians at the Battle of Salamis. He served as a treasurer and general for Athens when it was expanding
its empire and influence. He wrote approximately 123 plays including Ajax, Antigone, Oedipus Tyrannus, Trachiniae, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus. His last recorded act was to lead a chorus in public mourning for Euripides. He died in 406 B. C. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Antigone / Oedipus Rex / Oedipus at Colonus … (more )
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