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Sophocles

497 BC - 406 BC

Sophocles

Sophocles (c. 497/496 – winter 406/405 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian known as one of three from whom at least two plays have survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus and earlier than, or contemporary with, those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote more than 120 plays, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sophocles is the 14th most popular writer (down from 13th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Greece and the 2nd most popular Greek Writer.

Sophocles is most famous for writing the three Theban plays: "Oedipus Rex", "Oedipus at Colonus", and "Antigone".

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sophocles ranks 14 out of 7,302. Before him are Hans Christian Andersen, Leo Tolstoy, Franz Kafka, Victor Hugo, Voltaire, and James Joyce. After him are Jules Verne, Virgil, Molière, Miguel de Cervantes, Jean-Paul Sartre, and T. S. Eliot.

Others Born in 497 BC

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Sophocles
WRITER
497 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 89.32
Rank: 1

Others Deceased in 406 BC

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Sophocles
WRITER
497 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 89.32
Rank: 1
Euripides
WRITER
480 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 84.12
Rank: 2
Hannibal Mago
POLITICIAN
471 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 3
Callicratidas
MILITARY PERSONNEL
500 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 4
Thrasyllus
POLITICIAN
450 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 5

In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Sophocles ranks 9 out of 1,024. Before him are Alexander the Great (-356), Homer (-800), Socrates (-470), Pythagoras (-570), Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881), and Hippocrates (-460). After him are Democritus (-460), Epicurus (-341), Solon (-638), Pericles (-494), Aristophanes (-448), and El Greco (1541).

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Alexander the Great
MILITARY PERSONNEL
356 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 95.63
Rank: 3
Homer
WRITER
800 BC - 750 BC
HPI: 95.41
Rank: 4
Socrates
PHILOSOPHER
470 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 94.90
Rank: 5
Pythagoras
PHILOSOPHER
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 93.36
Rank: 6
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1938
HPI: 91.26
Rank: 7
Hippocrates
PHYSICIAN
460 BC - 370 BC
HPI: 90.19
Rank: 8
Sophocles
WRITER
497 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 89.32
Rank: 9
Democritus
PHILOSOPHER
460 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 86.85
Rank: 10
Epicurus
PHILOSOPHER
341 BC - 269 BC
HPI: 86.65
Rank: 11
Solon
POLITICIAN
638 BC - 558 BC
HPI: 86.59
Rank: 12
Pericles
POLITICIAN
494 BC - 429 BC
HPI: 86.36
Rank: 13
Aristophanes
WRITER
448 BC - 386 BC
HPI: 84.47
Rank: 14
El Greco
PAINTER
1541 - 1614
HPI: 84.26
Rank: 15