Sophocles c.496 B.C. –406 B.C. , Greek tragic dramatist, younger contemporary of Aeschylus and older contemporary of Euripides , b. Colonus, near Athens.—continue at Columbia Encyclopedia Introductory Note from the Harvard Classics. ) Pronunciation: s from The American Heritage®
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Oedipus the King
Unknowlingly, Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother. From the Harvard Classics
Antigone
Creon forbids the burial of those who rebelled against his rule; but, Antigone, soon to marry his son, disobeys this edict to bury her brother. From the Harvard Classics
Bartlett’s Sophocles Quotations
Epitomal selections by John Bartlett.
Sophocles, 54715 to 54867
Entries from the Columbia World of Quotations.
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