Born in 495 B.C. about a mile northwest of Athens, Sophocles was to become one of the great playwrights of the golden age. The son of s wealthy merchant, he would enjoy all the comforts of thriving Greek empire. He studied all of the arts. At the age of twenty-eight, his studies complete, he was ready to compete in the City Dionysia. In the first competition, Sophocles took first prize. Sophocles wrote many more plays, …showed first 75 words of 375 total…

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