Sophocles

Family: Greek · Role: tragic dramatist · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 21

Life events

• Sophocles died.(Book 1 · Chapter 21)
  • “after the death of Sophocles”
• Sophocles was identified as the new Siren deserving honors paid to the dead.(Book 1 · Chapter 21 · 📍 Attica)
  • With: Dionysus
  • “and bidding him honour the new Siren with all the honours paid to the dead: and the dream seemed manifestly to refer to Sophocles”

Book 1 · Chapter 21

• with Dionysus (Dionysus was associated with the command to honour Sophocles after his death.) “and their leader saw in a dream Dionysus standing by him, and bidding him honour the new Siren with all the honours paid to the dead: and the dream seemed manifestly to refer to Sophocles and his plays.”

Book 1 · Chapter 28

• with Œdipus (Sophocles gave an account concerning Œdipus's death.) “for I could not credit Sophocles’ account about the death of Œdipus”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.