Sophocles
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Sophocles was an ancient Greek tragedian, 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
Sophocles pushkin
A marble relief of a poet, perhaps Sophocles
Sophocles, ancient Roman mosaic
Portrait of the Greek actor Euiaon in Sophocles's Andromeda, c. 430 BC.
Oedipus
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Oedipus was a mythical Greek king of Thebes. A tragic hero in Greek mythology, Oedipus unwittingly fulfilled a prophecy that he would end up killing his father and marrying his mother, thereby bringin
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…second place. Aeschylus won 13 competitions and was sometimes beaten by Sophocles; Euripides won four. The most famous tragedies of Sophocles feature Oedipus and Antigone: they are generally known as the Theban plays, though each was part of a different tetralogy (the other members of which are now lost…
Oedipus and Sphinx, pelike, 450–440 BC
Detail of ancient fresco in which Oedipus solves the riddle of the Sphinx. Egyptian Museum, c. 2nd CE
Oedipus slaying the sphinx, on an Attic lekythos, c. 420–400 BC, housed in the British Museum
Oedipus at Colonus