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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 , Catalan: Sòfocles ) 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 ...more

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Average rating: 3.79 · 607,939 ratings · 27,137 reviews · 2,333 distinct works • Similar authors
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Pl...
3.73 avg rating — 243,516 ratings — published -429 — 153 editions
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Antigone (Theban Plays, #3)
3.69 avg rating — 183,636 ratings — published -441 — 1342 editions
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The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus ...
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Antigone - Oedipus the King...
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Oedipus at Colonus (The The...
3.75 avg rating — 17,215 ratings — published -401 — 2 editions
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Electra
3.82 avg rating — 14,726 ratings — published -410 — 543 editions
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Sophocles II: Ajax, Women o...
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Ajax
3.92 avg rating — 7,444 ratings — published -440 — 4 editions
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Sophocles: The Complete Plays
4.26 avg rating — 5,581 ratings — published -401 — 660 editions
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Philoctetes
3.91 avg rating — 5,508 ratings — published -409 — 12 editions
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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

September 2019 Old School Poll

Antigone by Sophocles -441, 80 pages
 
  74 votes, 26.0%

De Profundis by Oscar Wilde 1897, 188 pages
 
  67 votes, 23.5%

A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy 1873, 374 pages
 
  49 votes, 17.2%

Germinal by Émile Zola 1885, 592 pages
 
  41 votes, 14.4%

The Warden by Anthony Trollope 1855, 336 pages
 
  33 votes, 11.6%

The Golden Days by Cao Xueqin 1791, 542 pages
 
  21 votes, 7.4%

285 total votes
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