Sophocles

Speech parts

1. Sophocles - Noun

2. Sophocles - Proper noun

Meaning

one of the great tragedians of ancient Greece (496-406 BC)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

playwright dramatist Oedipus Antigone theater tragedy Medea Aeschylus Ancient Greece oedipal Hippolytus Oedipus Rex the children of heracles the electra the suppliants
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Examples

If I am Sophocles, I am not mad; and if I am mad, I am not Sophocles. Sophocles

Sophocles taught us that the greatest of all human laws is justice... and I think that is something we have to remember. Alexis Tsipras

Sophocles said he drew men as they ought to be, and Euripides as they were. Aristotle

All art at a certain level is entertainment. We go to a tragedy by Sophocles to be entertained. John Banville

The history of screenwriting - of what we do - is more than 100 years old. It's thousands of years old, going back to Sophocles and Euripedes. I believe the only - the only - separation for being a dramatist is reading drama. John Logan

The idea of withholding a massive secret is obviously quite exciting to some people. It is also the basis of much classic drama, of course, from Sophocles onwards. Lynne Truss

Close letter words and terms

sophocarpine Sophoclean sophoclean tragedy sophocracy sophomania sophomaniac