Sophocles
by Sophocles
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"Le tome III des Tragedies de Sophocle contient les deux oeuvres de l'extreme vieillesse du poete: Philoctete et Oedipe a Colone. La tradition manuscrite en est la meme que celle qui a ete utilisee pour les autres pieces, a cette reserve pres que le manuscrit de Florence, G, ne presente pas Oedipe a Colone. La tradition papyrologique est fort reduite. Avec ce tome III s'echeve la participation de Paul Mazon a notre nouvelle edition de Sophocle." Extrait de l'avant-propos d'Alphonse Dain.Tags
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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 show more 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) show less
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The Complete Greek Tragedies-Chicago 1960 (set v. 9, Sophocles v. 2)
Common Knowledge
- Alternate titles
- Agamemnon / Antigone / Hippolytus / Oedipus the King / Prometheus Bound
- Original publication date
- 1960
- People/Characters
- Antigone
- Important places
- Argos, Greece
- Disambiguation notice
- These are selections from The Complete Greek Tragedies. Not to be confused with Greek Tragedies: Sophocles I or Greek Tragedies: Aeschylus I by the same editors.
Classifications
- Genre
- Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 882.2 — Literature & rhetoric Classical & modern Greek literatures Classical Greek dramatic poetry and drama [formerly Sophocles]
- LCC
- PA4414 .A1 .G7 — Language and Literature Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature Greek literature Individual authors Sophocles
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- Languages
- French, Greek
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 1
