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Sophocles Biography

Sophocles (c.496-406 B.C.) An Athenian dramatist. Seven playes are preserved: Ajax, Antigone, Electra, Œdipus Tyrannus, Trachiniæ, Philoctetes and Œdipus at Colonus.

Arthur Mayer Wolfson, Essentials in Ancient History (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: American Book Company, 1902) 152. (Lateran  Museum, Rome)

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