![]() ![]() ![]() His military service included two generalships, one under Pericles and one under Nicias. These included a term as president of Athens’ imperial treasury, one as an official of a religious organization, and appointments to various embassies. Apart from his dramatic interests, Sophocles was quite civic minded he held a variety of political and military offices in his lifetime. Sophocles entered his first dramatic competition at the age of 28, where he took the top prize over Aeschylus, who was then considered the reigning master of tragedy. At age 16 he made his debut in the theater by performing in a chorus that celebrated an Athenian victory (at Salamis), and soon afterward he began com-posing original poems and songs. The son of a wealthy family, he was raised with every possible educational and social advantage. ![]() Sophocles was born at Colonus, just a mile outside Athens, in the year 496 bce. In Oedipus at Colonus, after wandering in exile for years, the former king is vindicated by the gods just before death, but his children go on to suffer a tragic fate in Antigone.Įvents in History at the Time the Plays Take PlaceĮvents in History at the Time the Plays Were Written In Oedipus the King, the mighty ruler of Thebes falls into staggering misfortune and misery. 442 bce (or, some argue, the 430s bce), Oedipus the King probably 10 to 15 years later, and Oedipus at Colonus c, 405 bce. Plays set in Thebes during the thirteenth century bce written in Greek in the early 400s bce- Antigone c. ![]()
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