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Sophocles

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The Resume

    (495 BC-406 BC)
    One of the most renowned tragedians of ancient Greece
    Participated in the dramatic contests during the Festival of Dionysus
    Wrote 'Antigone,' 'Oedipus Rex,' 'Oedipus at Colonus,' 'Ajax,' 'The Trachiniae,' 'Electra,' 'Philoctetes,' 'The Tracking Satyrs' and 'The Progeny'

Why he might be annoying:

    He wrote over 120 plays, but only a handful have survived.
    He owned slaves.
    For years, historians thought he was a learned carpenter and smith, but it turns out those were the specialties of his slaves (whoops).
    At one war victory celebration, he headed a musical group of nude boys.
    He lived around Athens his entire life, and refused many formal invitations to other areas.
    Freud used a character in his plays to name the 'Oedipus complex,' the theory that small boys develop sexual desire for their mothers.
    He enjoyed wrestling.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was handsome and charismatic.
    He was well educated in the arts.
    He pioneered scene painting, paving the way for more developed stage backgrounds.
    He won more awards than any other playwright of his time.
    He won first or second place in every playwrighting contest he went in.
    His urged humanity to always think rationally before acting.
    Aristotle referred to his 'Oedipus Rex' as the perfect tragedy.

Credit: Ratman


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 9 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 81 Votes: 60.49% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 28 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 35 Votes: 34.29% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 143 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 189 Votes: 41.80% Annoying