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Antigone Reading Review
By: Sophocles
Genre: tragedy

I. Information About the Author
Sophocles was born in 496 B.C. at Colonus, near Athens. He grew up in a wealthy family and had a happy childhood, unlike some of the characters he wrote about in his plays. Sophocles received a good education, and later became an Athenian general and chief treasurer of the city, as well as a talented playwright. When Sophocles was 28, he was recognized when he won in an annual dramatic competition. Then he wrote 24 winning plays in the next six decades. Overall he produced 123 plays, although there are only seven left today. These are Ajax, Antigone, Electra, Oedipus & Colonus, Oedipus Rex, Philocteles, and Trachinian Women. Sophocles plays were influenced by the era he lived in and the people of Athens.

II. Author's Unique Style
Sophocles advanced many of the techniques used in play writing. He set the chorus, a group of people that represent the public citizens, at 15 ...