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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sophocles canonical	46
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (49)

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

Attic Greek → usedBy → Sophocles ⓘ

Classical Athens → notablePlaywright → Sophocles ⓘ

Greek Antiquity → hasNotablePlaywright → Sophocles ⓘ

Pericles → patronOf → Sophocles ⓘ

Hesiod → influenced → Sophocles ⓘ

Ancient Greek → notableWork → Sophocles ⓘ

this entity surface form: tragedies of Sophocles

Classical Greece → hasNotablePlaywright → Sophocles ⓘ

Sophocles → name → Sophocles self-link ⓘ

Sophocles → nativeName → Sophocles self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Σοφοκλῆς

Euripides → contemporaryOf → Sophocles ⓘ

Euripides → influencedBy → Sophocles ⓘ

Aeschylus → influenced → Sophocles ⓘ

Works of Hesiod → usedAsSourceBy → Sophocles ⓘ

Herodotus → contemporaryOf → Sophocles ⓘ

Classical period → hasMajorFigure → Sophocles ⓘ

Age of Pericles → hasAssociatedPerson → Sophocles ⓘ

Loeb Classical Library → includesAuthor → Sophocles ⓘ

Greco-Roman mythology → hasSource → Sophocles ⓘ

this entity surface form: tragedies of Sophocles

Ajax (Sophocles) → author → Sophocles ⓘ

Philoctetes (Sophocles) → author → Sophocles ⓘ

Ismene → sourceAuthor → Sophocles ⓘ

Polybus → literarySource → Sophocles ⓘ

Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex" → author → Sophocles ⓘ

subject surface form: Oedipus Rex

Sophocles' play "Oedipus at Colonus" → author → Sophocles ⓘ

subject surface form: Oedipus at Colonus

Jean Racine → influencedBy → Sophocles ⓘ

Theatre of Dionysus → notablePlaywrightsPerformed → Sophocles ⓘ

Jocasta → appearsInWorkBy → Sophocles ⓘ

The Fragility of Goodness → examinesWorkOf → Sophocles ⓘ

The Apotheosis of Homer → depicts → Sophocles ⓘ

Greek tragedy → majorPlaywright → Sophocles ⓘ

Electra (Sophocles) → author → Sophocles ⓘ

Iphigenia → portrayedInWorkBy → Sophocles ⓘ

Classical antiquity → hasKeyLiteraryFigure → Sophocles ⓘ

Colonus → associatedWith → Sophocles ⓘ

Colonus → mentionedBy → Sophocles ⓘ

Colonus → citizenOfDeme → Sophocles ⓘ

The Women of Trachis → author → Sophocles ⓘ

The Women of Trachis → attributedTo → Sophocles ⓘ

Philoctetes → author → Sophocles ⓘ

Sophillus → child → Sophocles ⓘ

Ancient Greek literary criticism → hasNotableSubject → Sophocles ⓘ

Ajax → author → Sophocles ⓘ

subject surface form: Ajax (Sophocles)

Greek Theatre of Syracuse → associatedWith → Sophocles ⓘ

Hercules Oetaeus → relatedAuthor → Sophocles ⓘ

polis of Athens → notableCitizen → Sophocles ⓘ

The Western Canon → includesMajorFigure → Sophocles ⓘ

Athenians → notableDramatists → Sophocles ⓘ

Classical Greek literature → majorAuthor → Sophocles ⓘ

Shame and Necessity → influencedBy → Sophocles ⓘ