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How many of Sophocles' plays have survived in a complete form?

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Out of the 120 plays written by Sophocles, only seven have survived in a complete form. These plays are Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus. The majority of his work has been lost over time.
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