How to pronounce“Sophocles”in English
IPA/sɒfɒklɛs/
Syllablesso·pho·cles
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Aristotle was trying to stick it to Plato by proving poetry could be useful to society.
He was a big fan of Sophocles and the rules Aristotle set out apply most closely to Sophocles’s own “Oedipus Rex”, which you might remember from Crash Course Literature.
Club foot, murder, incest, stabbing out the eyes—it’s memorable stuff.
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