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Sophocles

one of the Thirty Tyrants of Athens
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Sophocles

Summary

Sophocles is a human[1]. He worked as a politician[2] and orator[3].

Key Facts

  • Sophocles held citizenship in Classical Athens[4].
  • Sophocles's professions included politician[2].
  • Sophocles's professions included orator[3].
  • Sophocles was a member of Thirty Tyrants[5].
  • Sophocles is recorded as male[6].
  • Sophocles's instance of is recorded as human[7].
  • Sophocles's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[8].
  • Sophocles's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Ancient Greek[9].

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Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include politician[2] and orator[3].

FAQs

What did Sophocles do for work?

Sophocles worked as politician[2] and orator[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22d ago · Jahl de Vautban · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of citizenship → Classical Athens
    Instance of → human
    Described by source → Pauly–Wissowa
    Wikidata description → one of the Thirty Tyrants of Athens
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/44887|batch #44887]]: replacing string with article for described by Pauly-Wissowa statements"
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