Sophocles
Sophocles
Sophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote 120 plays during the course of his life, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, The Women of Trachis, Oedipus the King, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus. For almost 50 years, Sophocles was the most celebrated playwright in the dramatic competitions of...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPoet
love wounds
No wound is worse than counterfeited love.
pain memories men
Let every man in mankind's frailtyConsider his last day; and let nonePresume on his good fortune until he findLife, at his death, a memory without pain.
thinking
Think not that your word and yours alone must be right.
mad ifs
If I am Sophocles, I am not mad; and if I am mad, I am not Sophocles.
good-friend turns
Rather throw away that which is dearest to you, your own life, than turn away a good friend.
confidence causes be-confident
In a just cause it is right to be confident.
writing water oath
I write a woman's oaths in water.
order soul god-love
The gods love those of ordered soul.
men prudent neglect
A prudent man should neglect no circumstances.
giving silence grace
To women silence gives their proper grace.
heart men stubbornness
Man's worst ill is stubbornness of heart.
truth truth-is straightforward
Truth is always straightforward.
wise wisdom men
Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn.
woe looks danger
It becomes one, while exempt from woes, to look to the dangers.