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Sophocles

c. 497–406 BCE · 5th century BCE

Sophocles was an Athenian tragic playwright who lived from about 497 to 406 BCE. He wrote over 120 plays, of which seven survive complete, among them Antigone, Oedipus the King and Electra. Aristotle took Oedipus the King as the model tragedy. Sophocles also served Athens as a treasurer of the Delian League and as a general alongside Pericles.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sophocles. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sophocles
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