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Sophoclēs
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From: The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
Date: 19960101
Author:M. C. HOWATSON and IAN CHILVERS
Sophoclēs
( c. 496–406/5 BC), one of the great Athenian tragedians, born at Colōnus near Athens, the son of Sophilus, a wealthy manufacturer of armour. The anonymous ancient biography of the poet gives a great deal of information about him, no doubt much of it unreliable. His beauty and his skill in music and dancing early attracted attention; as a boy he led the chorus which sang the paean in honour of the Greek victory over the Persian invaders at Salamis in 480 BC. His first victory in the tragic competitions was at the Great Dionysia in 468 BC, at his first ...Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.
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