Sophocles
Publié le 22/02/2012
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(496–406 b.c.) Along with Aeschylus
and Euripides, one of the great tragic poets of
ancient Greece. Not much is known about his life.
Sophocles was born at Colonus, near Athens. He
died at the age of 90, having written more than 100
plays, only seven of which survive. These include
Ajax, Antigone, Oedipus, and Electra, all of which are
concerned with Greek mythology and are important
sources of our knowledge of that subject. Surviving
scraps of evidence from the fifth century b.c. show
that Sophocles was an actor and a dancer. Drama
took a great stride forward when he increased the
number of actors from two to three, and made the
chorus a more integral part of the play. Sophocles
was active as an Athenian citizen, serving in the army,
in the treasury, and as a priest. He seems to have
possessed serenity and he lived a long life.