fragments of Sophocles

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ancient Greek literature literary fragment collection textual remnant

Fragments of Sophocles are surviving pieces of the lost plays and writings of the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles, preserved in part through papyri and quotations rather than complete manuscripts.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Sophoclean corpus 2
Sophocles (through the lost play "Trachiniae" traditions and related myths) 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek literature ⓘ
literary fragment collection ⓘ
textual remnant ⓘ
associatedWith Athenian tragedy ⓘ
classical Athens ⓘ
collectedIn Loeb Classical Library editions of Sophocles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator Sophocles NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre tragedy ⓘ
hasPart Achaeans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Akrisios NERFINISHED ⓘ
Aletes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Amphiaraus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Amycos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Andromeda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Antigone (fragmentary play distinct from the extant Antigone) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Atreus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cassandra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cercyon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Colchian Women NERFINISHED ⓘ
Epigoni NERFINISHED ⓘ
Erechtheus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Helenes ⓘ
Ichneutae ⓘ
Inachus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laocoon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mysians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nauplius NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niobe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oenomaus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Phineus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polyxena NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scyrians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tantalus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tereus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Theseus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thyestes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Triptolemus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Women of Colchis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Women of Trachis (fragmentary material beyond the extant play) NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencesUnderstandingOf Sophocles’ lost plays ⓘ
development of Greek tragedy ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
partOf lost plays of Sophocles ⓘ
preservationMethod ancient anthologies ⓘ
papyri ⓘ
quotations in later authors ⓘ
scholia ⓘ
studiedIn classical philology ⓘ
papyrology ⓘ
textual criticism ⓘ
timePeriod 5th century BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Oxyrhynchus → containsWork → fragments of Sophocles ⓘ
The Women of Trachis → partOf → fragments of Sophocles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophoclean corpus
Ajax → partOf → fragments of Sophocles ⓘ
subject surface form: Ajax (Sophocles)
this entity surface form: Sophoclean corpus
Eurytus → literarySource → fragments of Sophocles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophocles (through the lost play "Trachiniae" traditions and related myths)