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 * __Sophocles__**

   
 * Early Life**
 * Born- between 500 and 494 B.C.E
 * Born in Kolonos, Greece
 * Born into Affluent Family
 * Began acting and singing at an early
 * Achievements**
 * Served as choral leader in the celebrations for the defeat of the Persians at Marathon in 480 B.C.E.
 * In 468 he won highest festival honors for the first play he submitted for competition, which was Triptolemos
 * Won prize a record 24 times
 * Wrote at least 120 plays
 * Is credited with introducing a third actor, expanding the chorus from 12 to 15 players and replacing the trilogy form with self-contained tragedies
 * Was a priest in the cult of Asclepius(god of healing)
 * Key Facts**
 * Only seven of his plays survived
 * Popular works include: Antigone , Electra, Trachiniae, and Oedipus
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Oedipus was performed between 430 and 425 B.C.E.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Approximately 90 of his plays were tragedies
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> His long career came between his contemporaries Aeschylus and Euripides
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Death: 406-405 B.C.E.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Cult was established in his honor

Works Cited

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Roberts, Edgar V., and Henry E. Jacobs. //Literature An Introduction to Reading and Writing//. Null. Print.

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