Sophocles

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ancient Greek tragedian dramatist playwright poet

Sophocles was a renowned ancient Greek tragedian, best known for plays such as "Oedipus Rex" and "Antigone," which profoundly influenced Western drama and literature.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
tragedies of Sophocles 2
Σοφοκλῆς 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek tragedian ⓘ
dramatist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
approximateNumberOfPlaysWritten over 120 ⓘ
associatedWith Dionysia ⓘ
surface form: Dionysia festival
birthDate c. 497/496 BC ⓘ
birthPlace Attica ⓘ
Colonus ⓘ
Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: ancient Greece
citizenship Athens ⓘ
civicRole treasurer of the Delian League ⓘ
contemporaryOf Herodotus ⓘ
Pericles ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
culturalContext Classical Athens ⓘ
deathDate c. 406/405 BC ⓘ
deathPlace Athens ⓘ
Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: ancient Greece
father Sophillus ⓘ
genre tragedy ⓘ
influenced Western drama ⓘ
Western literature ⓘ
knownFor complex character development ⓘ
introducing a third actor on stage ⓘ
reducing the role of the chorus ⓘ
refining the structure of Greek tragedy ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
movement Greek tragedy ⓘ
surface form: Classical Greek drama
name Sophocles self-link ⓘ
nativeName Sophocles self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Σοφοκλῆς
notableWork Ajax ⓘ
Antigone ⓘ
Electra ⓘ
Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex" ⓘ
surface form: Oedipus Rex

Sophocles' play "Oedipus at Colonus" ⓘ
surface form: Oedipus at Colonus

Oedipus ⓘ
surface form: Oedipus the King

Philoctetes ⓘ
The Women of Trachis ⓘ
Theban cycle ⓘ
surface form: Theban plays
numberOfSurvivingPlays 7 ⓘ
occupation playwright ⓘ
tragedian ⓘ
partOf Three great tragedians of classical Athens ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
servedAs general in the Athenian army ⓘ
servedWith Pericles ⓘ
setIn Thebes ⓘ
surface form: Thebes (for Theban plays)
sharesGroupWith Aeschylus ⓘ
Euripides ⓘ
won first prize at the City Dionysia multiple times ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Euripides → contemporaryOf → Sophocles ⓘ
Herodotus → contemporaryOf → Sophocles ⓘ
Classical period → hasMajorFigure → Sophocles ⓘ
Greco-Roman mythology → hasSource → Sophocles ⓘ
this entity surface form: tragedies of Sophocles
Aeschylus → influenced → Sophocles ⓘ
Hesiod → influenced → Sophocles ⓘ
Euripides → influencedBy → Sophocles ⓘ
Sophocles → name → Sophocles self-link ⓘ
Sophocles → nativeName → Sophocles self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Σοφοκλῆς
Ancient Greek → notableWork → Sophocles ⓘ
this entity surface form: tragedies of Sophocles
Pericles → patronOf → Sophocles ⓘ
Works of Hesiod → usedAsSourceBy → Sophocles ⓘ
Attic Greek → usedBy → Sophocles ⓘ