Sophocles

English thumb|100px|right|Bust of Sophocles. Etymology From en la Sophoclēs from en grc Σοφοκλῆς. Pronunciation sŏfəklēs, en /ˈsɒ.fə.kliːz/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Sophocles.wav US Proper noun A Greek dramatic poet (ca. 497 – 405 ); Sophocles was one of the three greatest Greek tragedians. In the Athenian dramatic competitions of the Festival of Dionysus, he won more first prizes (around 20) than any other playwright, and placed second in all others he participated in. He is best remembered for his Oedipus Cycle of plays. en male Ancient Greek grc:Σοφοκλῆς,el:Σοφοκλής. Related terms en Sophoclean Translations Greek dramatic poet Arabic: ar سُوفُوكْلِيس m sufuklis Armenian: hy Սոփոկլես Old Armenian: xcl Սոփոկղէս Asturian: ast Sófocles m Basque: eu Sofokles Bulgarian: bg Софо́къл m Catalan: ca Sòfocles m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 索福克勒斯 Suǒfúkèlèsī Czech: cs Sofoklés m Danish: da Sofokles Dutch: nl Sophocles m Esperanto: eo Sofoklo Estonian: et Sophokles Finnish: fi Sofokles French: fr Sophocle m Galician: gl Sófocles m Georgian: ka სოფოკლე German: de Sophokles m Greek: el Σοφοκλής m Ancient Greek: grc Σοφοκλῆς m Hebrew: he סופוקלס m Hungarian: hu Szophoklész Icelandic: is Sófókles m Italian: it Sofocle m Japanese: ja ソフォクレス Sofokuresu, ja ソポクレス Sopokuresu Korean: ko ^소포클레스 Latin: la Sophocles m Lithuanian: lt Sofoklis m Macedonian: mk Софокле Marathi: mr सोफोक्लेस m Norwegian: no Sofokles m Occitan: oc Sofòcles m Odia: or ସୋଫୋକ୍ଳିସ୍ Polish: pl Sofokles m Portuguese: pt Sófocles m Quechua: qu Sophokles Romanian: ro Sofocle Russian: ru Софо́кл m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Софокле m, sh Софокло m Latin: sh Sofokle, sh Sofoklo Sicilian: scn Sòfocli m, scn Sofucli m Slovak: sk Sofokles m Spanish: es Sófocles Swedish: sv Sofokles Turkish: tr Sofokles Ukrainian: uk Софо́кл m See also en Aeschylus en Euripides en Individuals Latin la: Etymology la Sophoclēs :der grc:Σοφοκλῆς + 1 Pronunciation Sŏphŏclēs 1 1 Proper noun ((Sophoclēs<3.I>,Sophoclēs<1>)) m Sophoclis/Sophoclī Sophocles of Colonus, a celebrated Greek dramatic poet (ca. 497 – 405 ); Sophocles was one of the three greatest Greek tragedians. In the Athenian dramatic competitions of the Festival of Dionysus, he won more first prizes (around 20) than any other playwright, and placed second in all others he participated in. He is best remembered for his Oedipus Cycle of plays. la male Ancient Greek grc:Σοφοκλῆς,el:Σοφοκλής Declension ((Sophoclēs<3.I>,Sophoclēs<1>)) Sophoclis/Sophoclī Sophoclem/Sophoclēa Related terms la Sophoclēus in the manner of Sophocles Descendants ast Sófocles ca Sòfocles nl Sophocles 1 en Sophocles 1 fr Sophocle gl Sófocles it Sofocle oc Sofòcles pt Sófocles ro Sofocle scn Sòfocli, scn Sofucli 1 es Sófocles See also la Aeschylus la Eurīpidēs Further reading Sŏphŏcles Sŏphŏclēs 1458/2 Sophoclēs 2730 la Individuals