Sophocles is a human[1]. He was born in Colonus[2]. He was born on 496 BC[3]. He died in Athens[4]. He died on 406 BC[5]. He worked as a tragedy writer[6], playwright[7], writer[8], priest[9], and politician[10]. He has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11]
Sophocles's place of birth was Colonus[2]. He was born on 496 BC[3]. Ancient Greek was his native language[16].
Career and Affiliations
Recorded occupations include tragedy writer[6], playwright[7], writer[8], priest[9], and politician[10]. Fields of work include literature[17], a type of arts[28]; drama[18], a literary mode[29]; and politics[19], an academic discipline[30].
Works and Contributions
Notable works include Oedipus Rex[20], a dramatic work[31]; Oedipus at Colonus[21], a dramatic work[32]; Antigone[22], a dramatic work[33], founded in -0442[34]; Philoctetes[23], a dramatic work[35]; Ajax[24], a dramatic work[36], founded in -0467[37]; and Electra[25], a dramatic work[38], founded in -0401[39]. Things named for Sophocles include he[40].
Personal Life
Children include Iophon[13], a poet[41], b. -0450[42], of Classical Athens[43] and Ariston[14], a tragedy writer[44].
Death and Burial
Sophocles died on 406 BC[5]. Recorded place of death include Athens[4], a big city[45], in Greece[46], founded in -7000[47] and Atene[12], a deme[48], in Classical Athens[49].
Why It Matters
Sophocles has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] He is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]
He has been cited as an influence by Arthur Miller[51], a playwright[52], 1915–2005[53], of United States[54], awarded the Princess of Asturias Literary Prize[55].
Works attributed to him include Philoctetes[56], a dramatic work[57]; Antigone[58], a dramatic work[59], founded in -0442[60]; Electra[61], a dramatic work[62], founded in -0401[63]; Ajax[64], a dramatic work[65], founded in -0467[66]; Trachiniae[67], a dramatic work[68], founded in -0445[69]; and Ichneutae[70], a dramatic work[71]. Entities named for him include he[40].
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