Short Biography of Sophocles in English
Sophocles (Greek: Sophokles) was an Athenian dramatist and politician who lived from 496 BC to 406 BC. He is considered the second of the three great Greek tragedians, preceded by Aeschylus and followed by Euripides. Sophocles is himself at a young age: at the Athenian victory celebration at Salamis (480 BC), the 16-year-old Sophocles was … Read more
