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How did Sophocles die? Sophocles (born c. 496 bce, Colonus, near Athens [Greece]—died 406, Athens) was, along with Aeschylus and Euripides, one of classical Athens’s three great tragic playwrights. The best known of his 123 dramas is Oedipus the King.
Sophocles died at the age of 90 or 91 in the winter of 406/5 BC, having seen, within his lifetime, both the Greek triumph in the Persian Wars, and the bloodletting of the Peloponnesian War. As with many famous men in classical antiquity, his death inspired a number of apocryphal stories.
After the death of his predecessor (456/5 BC), Sophocles became the preeminent playwright in Athens, a title he held onto for the next half a century, practically until his very death at the age of 90 in the winter of 406/5 BC.
Sep 29, 2013 · Sophocles' seven surviving complete tragedies are: Antigone (c. 442 BCE) about a woman torn between public and private duty. Oedipus Rex aka Oedipus t he King (429 - 420 BCE) about the famous king who loved his mother a little too much.
- Mark Cartwright
According to one account, he was choked by a grape. According to others, he died either when publicly reciting the Antigone, or from excessive joy at some dramatic victory. The only fact unanimously attested by his contemporaries is that his death was as dignified as his life.
Jul 18, 2020 · The death of Sophocles, in an engraving by S. Pomarede from 1748. How Did Sophocles Die? Sophocles died in 406/5 BC, not long after Euripides. There are several stories regarding the manner of his death. One of them, for instance, claims that the playwright died after choking on a grape.
Sophocles died at the venerable age of ninety in 406 or 405 BCE, having seen within his lifetime both the Greek triumph in the Persian Wars and the terrible bloodletting of the Peloponnesian War. His son, Iophon, and a grandson, also called Sophocles, followed in his footsteps to become playwrights themselves.
