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“Σοφοκλῆς: Σοφίλλου Κολωνῆθεν Ἀθηναῖος, τραγικός, τεχθεὶς κατὰ τὴν ογ́ Ὀλυμπιάδα, ὡς πρεσβύτερος εἶναι Σωκράτους ἔτη ιζ́. οὗτος πρῶτος τρισὶν ἐχρήσατο ὑποκριταῖς καὶ τῷ καλουμένῳ τριταγωνιστῇ, καὶ πρῶτος τὸν χορὸν ἐκ πεντεκαίδεκα εἰσήγαγε νέων, πρότερον δυοκαίδεκα εἰσιόντων. προσηγορεύθη δὲ μέλιττα διὰ τὸ γλυκύ. καὶ αὐτὸς ἦρξε τοῦ δρᾶμα πρὸς δρᾶμα ἀγωνίζεσθαι ἀλλὰ μὴ τετραλογίαν: καὶ ἔγραψεν Ἐλεγείαν τε καὶ Παιᾶνας καὶ λόγον καταλογάδην Περί τοῦ Χοροῦ, πρὸς Θέσπιν καὶ Χοιρίλον ἀγωνιζόμενος ... τελευτᾶ δὲ μετ᾽ Εὐριπίδην ἐτῶν ἐνενήκοντα. ἐδίδαξε δὲ δράματα ρκψ́, ὡς δέ τινες καὶ πολλῷ πλείω. νίκας δ᾽ ἔλαβε κδ́.” Suid.
“ἀφ᾽ οὗ Σοφοκλῆς ὁ Σοφίλλου ὁ ἐκ Κολωνοῦ ἐνίκησε τραγῳδίᾳ ἐτραγῳδίᾳ ἐτῶν ὤν ΔΔΓΙΙΙ, ἔτη ΗΗΓΙ, ἀρχοντος Ἀθήνσιν Ἀψηφίωνος.” Marm. Par. 72 (56)
“ἀφ᾽ οὖ Σοφοκλῆς ὁ ποιητὴς βιώσας ἔτη ΓΔΔΔΔΙΙ ἐτελεύτησεν, καὶ Κῦρος ἀνέβη ἔτη ΗΔΔΔΔΙΙΙ, ἄρχοντος Ἀθήνησι Καλλίου τοῦ δευτέρου.” Marm. Par. 78 (54)
Elegy and Iambus. with an English Translation by. J. M. Edmonds. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 1.
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