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Sophocles

c. 497 BC–c. 406 BC · Ancient Greece · Ancient & classical

One of the three great tragic playwrights of Athens, Sophocles wrote in verse for the stage. Seven of his plays survive complete, including Oedipus the King and Antigone, which is still performed for its clash between family duty and the law of the state.

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Are Sophocles’s poems free to read?

Yes. Sophocles’s poems are in the public domain.

What are Sophocles’s best-known works?

Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra.

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