Plato and Sophocles
Two Great Greeks -by KRITHI
( Philosophers & Writers )
Who are Plato and Sophocles? Why are they important?
Plato and Sophocles are two great greeks who played a major role in
philosophy and writing.Their works have influenced us and have given us a lot of ideas in the fields of philosophy and writing.
PLATO
The Athenian philosopher plato is one of the most important people in the Ancient greek world .He was a wealthy rich man. After spending time in army,he became a student of Socrates.After his tutor died ,Plato traveled to Italy and egypt and studied with brilliant philosophers like Archytas and Tartenum.
A great accomplishment of Plato was the academy -a- school he founded in about 387 bc. This became a famous institution of learning . It taught philosophy, mathematics, art, drama, sciences and lots of encouraged research.
The Ancient Greeks by Allison lassieur ;a division of Scholastic Inc. 2004, page 44.
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Sophocles
Unlike his rival Euripides, he acquired a favorable public very early. In the dramatic competitions 24 of his teralogies (each comprising 3 tragedies and a play) were probably successful. 7 of his tragedies have survived - Ajax, Antigone, Oedipus Rex, Electra the Trachinian women, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus(His last play performed after his death). Sophocles died just before the catastrophic end of the Peloponnesian war.
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