Index of ' Events
Between 497 and 495 BC
Sophocles was born in Colonus.
468 BC
Sophocles' first participation and first victory at the City Dionysia during the archonship of Apsiphion, on which occasion he competed against Aeschylus.
- Poet(s):
Sophocles (*),Aeschylus (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic performance, tragic victory
- Source(s): ,
Between 466 and 459 BC
Aeschylus with the plays Suppliants, Aegyptians, Danaids and the satyr drama Amymone, Sophocles, and Mesatus competed at the tragic contest of the City Dionysia. Aeschylus won the first and Sophocles the second prize.
- Poet(s):
Aeschylus (*),Sophocles (*),Mesatus (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic performance, tragic victory
- Source(s): Mesatus Test. 2
431 BC
Euphorion, Sophocles, and Euripides competed at the tragic contest of the City Dionysia. Euphorion won the first prize, Sophocles the second prize, Euripides came third staging Medea, Philoctetes, Dictys, and the satyr drama Reapers.
- Poet(s):
Euphorion (*),Sophocles (*),Euripides (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic performance, tragic victory
- Source(s): Euphorion Test. 3
Between 429 and 425 BC
Philocles I and Sophocles competed at the tragic contest of the City Dionysia. Philocles won the first prize and Sophocles the second prize with the play Oedipus the King.
- Poet(s):
Philocles I (*),Sophocles (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic performance, tragic victory
- Source(s): Philocles I Test. 2, Philocles I Test. 3
409 BC
Sophocles' victory at the City Dionysia with Philoctetes, during the archonship of Glaucippus.
- Poet(s):
Sophocles (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic victory
- Source(s):
Between 406 and 405 BC
Sophocles died in Athens a few months after Euripides, during the archonship of Callias.
401 BC
Sophocles' (posthumous) victory at the City Dionysia with Oedipus in Colonus, during the archonship of Micon. The play was staged by the tragedian's grandson, Sophocles II.
- Poet(s):
Sophocles (*),Sophocles II (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic victory
- Source(s):