Sophocles

English

Bust of Sophocles.

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Σοφοκλῆς (Sophoklês).

Proper noun

Sophocles

1. A Greek dramatic poet (ca. 495 BCE – 406 BCE); Sophocles was one of the three greatest Greek tragedians. In the Athenian dramatic competitions of the Festival of Dionysus, he won more first prizes (around 20) than any other playwright, and placed second in all others he participated in. He is best remembered for his Oedipus Cycle of plays.
2. A male given name from Ancient Greek, mostly representing transliteration of the modern Greek Σοφοκλής (Sofoklís).

Related terms

• Sophoclean

Translations

Greek dramatic poet

• Arabic: سُوفُوكْلِيس m (sufuklis)
• Armenian: Սոփոկլես (Sopʻokles)

  Old Armenian: Սոփոկղէս (Sopʻokłēs)

• Basque: Sofokles
• Bulgarian: Софо́къл m (Sofókǎl)
• Catalan: Sòfocles m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 索福克勒斯 (zh) (Suǒfúkèlèsī)

• Czech: Sofoklés m
• Danish: Sofokles
• Dutch: Sophokles m
• Esperanto: Sofoklo
• Estonian: Sophokles
• Finnish: Sofokles (fi)
• French: Sophocle (fr) m
• Georgian: სოფოკლე (sopoḳle)
• German: Sophokles m
• Greek: Σοφοκλής (el) m (Sofoklís)

  Ancient: Σοφοκλῆς m (Sophoklês)

• Hebrew: סופוקלס m
• Hungarian: Szophoklész
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• Icelandic: Sófókles m
• Italian: Sofocle
• Japanese: ソフォクレス (Sofokuresu), ソポクレス (Sopokuresu)
• Korean: 소포클레스 (Sopokeulleseu)
• Latin: Sophocles m
• Lithuanian: Sofoklis m
• Marathi: सोफोक्लेस m (sophokles)
• Norwegian: Sofokles m
• Polish: Sofokles (pl) m
• Portuguese: Sófocles m
• Quechua: Sophokles
• Romanian: Sofocle
• Russian: Софо́кл m (Sofókl)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Софокле m, Софокло m

  Roman: Sofokle, Sofoklo

• Slovak: Sofokles m
• Spanish: Sófocles
• Swedish: Sofokles
• Turkish: Sofokles
• Ukrainian: Софо́кл m (Sofókl)

See also

• Aeschylus
• Euripides