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How many plays did the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles write?

Around 120

Background

Sophocles wrote around 120 plays. Only seven of them survive in full, including Oedipus Rex and Antigone. He lived in Athens in the 5th century BC. He won first prize at the Athens festivals more than 20 times.

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