Sophocles[a] (c. 497/496 – winter 406/405 BC) [2] was an ancient Greek tragedian known as one of three from whom at least two plays have survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus and earlier than, or contemporary with, those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote more than 120 plays, [3] but only seven have survived in a …

Mar 31, 2025 · Sophocles, with Aeschylus and Euripides, one of classical Athens’s three great tragic playwrights. The best known of his 123 dramas is Oedipus the King. Among his other notable works are Antigone, Ajax, Philoctetes, Trachinian Women, and Electra. Learn more about his life and works in this article.

Sep 29, 2013 · Sophocles of Kolōnos (c. 496 - c. 406 BCE) was one of the most famous and celebrated writers of tragedy plays in ancient Greece and his surviving works, written throughout the 5th century BCE, include...

Sep 29, 2013 · Sófocles de Colono (en torno a 496 - en torno a 406 a.C.) fue uno de los dramaturgos más famosos y celebrados de la antigua Grecia, y entre las obras que se conservan de él, escritas a lo largo del...

Mar 31, 2025 · Sophocles - Greek Tragedy, Oedipus, Antigone: Only seven of Sophocles’ tragedies survive in their entirety, along with 400 lines of a satyr play, numerous fragments of plays now lost, and 90 titles. All seven of the complete plays are works of Sophocles’ maturity, but only two of them, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus, have fairly certain dates. Ajax is …

Sófocles (en griego antiguo, Σοφοκλῆς, Sophoklés; pronunciación griega clásica: [sopʰoklɛ̂ːs]; Colono, 496 a. C.- Atenas, 406 a. C.) fue un poeta trágico griego. Autor de obras como Antígona y Edipo rey, se sitúa, junto con Esquilo y Eurípides, entre las figuras más destacadas de la tragedia griega. De toda su producción literaria, solo se conservan siete tragedias ...

Sófocles (Colona, hoy parte de Atenas, actual Grecia, 495 a.C. - Atenas, 406 a.C.) Poeta trágico griego. Hijo de un rico armero llamado Sofilo, a los dieciséis años fue elegido director del coro de muchachos para celebrar la victoria de Salamina. En el 468 a.C. se dio a conocer como autor trágico al vencer a Esquilo en el concurso teatral que se celebraba anualmente en Atenas …

Sophocles, the son of Sophillus, was a rich member of the rural community of Colonus Hippius in Attica. This was the setting for his plays. He was probably born there. His birth took place a few years before the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC: the exact year is unclear, although 497/6 is perhaps most likely. Sophocles' first great play was in 468 BC when he took first prize in the …

Early Years Information about Sophocles' life is at best sketchy and incomplete, but some important details survive. Most of what scholars know about the playwright comes from two sources: the Suda Lexicon, a tenth-century Greek dictionary, and the anonymous Sophocles: His Life and Works, an undated manuscript found in the thirteenth century. Sophocles was born …

Sófocles Te explicamos quién fue, cuáles fueron sus principales obras dramáticas y por qué es considerado como uno de los máximos exponentes de la tragedia griega.