The Greek tragedian Sophocles (496-406 BC) ranks foremost among Greek classical dramatists and has been called the poet of Greek humanism par excellence.The son of Sophilus, a well-to-do industrialist...
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During the fifth century B.C., the Golden Age of Athens, new forms of art and literature were being developed with extraordinary speed and energy. One of the most important of these forms was Tragedy,...
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Biography EssayDuring the fifth century B.C., the Golden Age of Athens, new forms of art and literature were being developed with extraordinary speed and energy. One of the most important of these for...
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In Thucydides' On Justice, Power and Human Nature and Sophocles' Oedipus plays, they use language and speeches to convey the same things. The political orders in these works use their speeches to for...
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Sophocles did many innovative things in his drama plays. Traditionally a play had twelve members in the chorus but Sophocles gave the chorus more depth and added three more members to the original twe...
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Sophocles
Sophocles
