Sophocles - Ancient Greek Tragic Poet - 496-406 BC - Oedipus and Antigone - Aged Alabaster Statue Sculpture

Item Specifics

Condition: New, reproduction handmade in Greece.
Approximately
Height: 24.5cm - 9.6 inches
Width: 8cm - 3.1 inches
Weight: 0.7kg
Material: Alabaster oxidation effect

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 the city-state of Athens that took place during the religious festivals of the Lenaea and the Dionysia. He competed in 30 competitions, won 18, and was never judged lower than second place.