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
gratitude flow deceiver
Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be proved a deceiver.
justice harm
There is a time when even justice brings harm.
men evil fortune
There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.
long gains life-is
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.
men evil wish
All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.
evil
To live without evil belongs only to the gods.
trouble ends please
When trouble ends even troubles please.
wise thinker
Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
grief men suffering
Deem no man happy until he passes the edo fhis life without suffering grief.
silence ornaments silence-is
Silence is an ornament for women.
Better not to exist than live basely.
children heaven bears
Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.
evil
Evil counsel travels fast.
growing growing-old
No one longs to live more than someone growing old.