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Sophocles (495-406 BC) modified the form of tragedy by introducing a third actor and developing stage scenery.

Short Biography:

He wrote some 120 plays, of which seven tragedies survive. These are Antigone in 441, Oedipus Tyrannus, Electro, Ajax, Trachiniae, Philoctetes in 409, and Oedipus at Colonus in 401.

Sophocles lived in Athens at the time of Pericles, a period of great prosperity. He was a popular man and a friend of Herodotus. In his tragedies human will plays a greater part th read more...

Tags: dramatist, tragedies

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