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AUTHORS: Sophocles |
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Sophocles was born in 496 BC near
Athens in the town of Colonus to a wealthy family. He
lived for 90 years, during which he received the
finest aristocratic education, held minor political
offices, wrote over 100 plays, won 24 literary
contests, and became a leading dramatist. Of the many
plays he rote, only seven have survived intact, and
80 or 90 fragments of others. The seven complete
works are all considered to be powerful for their
intricate plots and dramatic style, but the trilogy
is regarded by many as a masterpiece. Sophocles is
now considered by many to be the greatest of the
Greek tragedians. He contributed many things to
dramatic technique, including two important
innovations: he increased the number of actors from
two to three to allow for a more complicated plot and
a more effective portrayal of characters by contrast
and juxtaposition, and he changed the Aeschylan
fashion of composing plays in three’s with one
myth or theme to each play with its own.
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