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noun - one of the great tragedians of ancient Greece (496-406 BC)
SOPHOCLES - Sophocles (; Greek: , Sophokls, Ancient Greek: [so.po.kls]; c. 497/6 winter 406/5 BC) is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have surv...
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| (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in the the Theatre of Dionysus in Athens, Greece.) In 401 B.C. here at the Theatre of Dionysus, this man won a posthumous first prize for his play "Oedipus at Colonus" |
| Aristotle said this man's "Oedipus Rex" was the greatest play ever; lucky it was one of his few to survive in full |
| He was almost 90 when he wrote one of his greatest plays, "Oedipus at Colonus" |
| "Oedipus At Colonus", his sequel to "Oedipus Rex", unfolds near a grave of the Furies |
| English scholar Thomas Watson is best known today for his 1581 translation of "Antigone" by this Ancient Greek |
| Appropriately, the name of this dramatist comes from Greek words meaning "wise" & "famous" |
| This "Electra"fying playwright gets the credit for adding a third actor to Greek tragedies |
| Though many plays were written about Oedipus, those by this man are our main source for the story |
| Up next, entertainment reporter Klakos has a review of this tragedy master's new play, "Oedipus Rex" |
| This "Antigone" author starred in his own play "Nausikaa" but later gave up acting |
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| Sophocles (; Greek: , Sophokls, Ancient Greek: [so.po.kls]; c. 497/6 winter 406/5 BC) is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote over 120 plays during the course of his life, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus. For almost 50 years, Sophocles was the most celebrated playwright in the dramatic competitions of the city-state of Athens that took place during the religious festivals of the Lenaea and the Dionysia. He competed in 30 competitions, won 24, and was never judged lower than second place. Aeschylus won 13 competitions, and was sometimes defeated by Sophocles, while Euripides won 4 competitions.The most famous tragedies of Sophocles feature Oedipus and also Antigone: they are generally known as the Theban plays, although |