“suppose that when you begged for something desperately a man should neither grant it you nor give sympathy even; but later when you were glutted with all your heart's desire, should give it then, when charity was no charity at all?”
Quote by Sophocles
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The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
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Sophocles
Sophocles, born in 498 BC and died in 406 BC, was a renowned Greek tragic playwright. He is one of the three greatest tragic poets of ancient Greece, alongside Aeschylus and Euripides. Sophocles' works profoundly revealed the complexity of human nature and social contradictions, exerting a profound influence on subsequent drama. more
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