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3	Sophocles (497/6 – 406/5 BC) is one of the three Greek tragedians whose work has survived to the present day (the others being Creator/{{Aeschylus}} and Creator/{{Euripides}}).
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5	His best-known work is the play ''Theatre/OedipusTheKing''.
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7	!! Tragedies by Sophocles on the wiki:
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9	* ''Theatre/{{Ajax}}''
10	* ''Theatre/{{Electra}}''
11	* ''Oedipus'' tetralogy
12	## ''Theatre/OedipusTheKing''
13	## ''Theatre/OedipusAtColonus''
14	## ''Theatre/TheProgeny'', a fragment -- no more than a few lines have survived.
15	## ''Theatre/{{Antigone}}''
16	* ''Theatre/{{Philoctetes}}''
17	* ''Theatre/TheWomenOfTrachis''
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19	!! Tropes present in the works of Sophocles include:
20	* DownerEnding: Well, it's not called tragedy for nothing.
21	* ForegoneConclusion: Some plot points in many of his lost plays are known from other sources.
22	** DidTheyOrDidntThey: ''Odysseus Acanthoplex'' is based off the version of the myth where Odysseus and Circe did.
23	** DisproportionateRetribution: Atreus' revenge on the title character in ''Thyestes''
24	** ImAHumanitarian: ''Tereus'', ''Thyestes''
25	** MamasBabyPapasMaybe: There's a play called ''Creusa'', and the only Creusa known in Myth/ClassicalMythology is from Creator/{{Euripides}}' ''Ion''.
26	** OffingTheOffspring: ''Tereus''
27	** [[HeWhoFightsMonsters She Who Fights Monsters]]: Procne in ''Tereus''.
28	* GreekChorus: Creator/{{Aristotle}} in ''Literature/{{Poetics}}'' cited him as how choruses ''should'' work.
29	* MissingEpisode: More than a hundred.
30	* RummageSaleReject: According to Creator/{{Aristophanes}}'s comedy ''Theatre/TheBirds'', the hoopoe costume in the lost play ''Tereus'' was ridiculous.

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