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c. 496 BC Born at Colonus, near Athens Sophocles 480 BC Chosen to lead choir celebrating Athenian victory at Salamis Biography 468 BC Defeats Aeschylus in tragic contest 441 BC Defeated in tragic contest by Euripides 406 BC Dies, aged about 90 Serves repeatedly as priest and general in Athens. Composes about 123 plays, including over 20 “firsts.” Today seven plays and over 1000 fragments survive Oedipus the King/Oedipus Rex/Oedipus Tyrannos (c. 429 BC) Oedipus at Colonus (posthumously, 401 BC) Sphinx hubris Laius Jocasta Oedipus the King - Structure 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Prologue (Setting the scene, pp. 57-62) Parodos (Entry of the chorus of Theban senators, pp. 62-64) Episode 1 (Oedipus and Tiresias, pp. 65-75) Episode 2 (Oedipus, Creon and Jocasta, pp. 75-88) Episode 3 (Jocasta, the Messenger and Oedipus, pp. 88-95) Episode 4 (The revelation, pp. 96-100) Exodos (Death of Jocasta and blinding of Oedipus, pp. 100-110)