 Euripides, his cotemporary and rival. Sophocles died at the advanced age of eighty-five. Some of his biographers relate that he expired from an ecstacy of joy produced by his having carried the prize at the Olympic Games. But his number of years may alone...  A manual of Greek prosody - Strona 13autor: Lewis Page Mercier - 1843Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
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...carried the prize at the Olympic Games. But his number of years may alone account for his dissolution. He is said to have composed one hundred and twenty tragedies, of which seven only remain. CEDIPUS TYRANNUS. DRAMATIC PERSONS. , King of Thebes. JOCASTA, -wife of CEtlipus.... | |
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