1. Sophocles and His Precursors
The "Supppliants" was his first work, but his most famous works that managed to survive of the over ninety plays were The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliant Maidens, The Orchestra, Agamemnon, and The Prometheus (Smith). Among them is most famous work, Agamemnon. ... Though he used a darker, more serious approach to play writing, Helen and the Cyclops come close to comedies(theater history 1). ... He contributed many innovations to Greek theater such as introduction of the third actor, the trilogy, which was used by Aeschylus. ... Sophocles made the number of actors and chorus la...
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