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Sophocles

497 BC - 406 BC

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Sophocles (c. 497/496 – winter 406/405 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian, known as one of three from whom at least one play has survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus; and earlier than, or contemporary with, those of Euripides. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sophocles has received more than 3,234,025 page views. His biography is available in 143 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 137 in 2019). Sophocles is the 13th most popular writer (down from 10th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Greece and the 2nd most popular Greek Writer.

Sophocles is most famous for writing the three Theban plays: "Oedipus Rex", "Oedipus at Colonus", and "Antigone".

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 86.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 143

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 18.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Oedipus Rex
1715
Sophocles
1832
Ajax
Literary Criticism
1714
Electra
1588
Antigone
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1835

Page views of Sophocles by language

Over the past year Sophocles has had the most page views in the with 351,028 views, followed by Spanish (234,167), and French (69,515). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Lombard (246.91%), Hausa (190.00%), and Chechen (129.93%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sophocles ranks 13 out of 7,302. Before him are J. R. R. Tolkien, Lord Byron, Voltaire, Hans Christian Andersen, Leo Tolstoy, and Victor Hugo. After him are Franz Kafka, Miguel de Cervantes, Jules Verne, Virgil, Albert Camus, and Molière.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 497 BC, Sophocles ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 406 BC, Sophocles ranks 1. After him are Euripides, Hannibal Mago, Callicratidas, and Thrasyllus.

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    Sophocles

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    497 BC - 406 BC

    HPI: 86.01

    Rank: 1

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Sophocles ranks 9 out of 1,024. Before him are Socrates (-470), Alexander the Great (-356), Pythagoras (-570), Homer (-800), Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881), and Hippocrates (-460). After him are Pericles (-494), Democritus (-460), Epicurus (-341), El Greco (1541), Kösem Sultan (1590), and Saint Stephen (1).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Sophocles ranks 2. Before him are Homer (-800). After him are Euripides (-480), Aristophanes (-448), Aeschylus (-525), Sappho (-630), Menander (-342), Pindar (-517), Nikos Kazantzakis (1883), Alcaeus of Mytilene (-620), Archilochus (-680), and Nâzım Hikmet (1902).

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