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Who were Sophocles' main contemporaries in ancient Greek tragedy?

  • Aristophanes

  • Plato

  • Aeschylus and Euripides

  • Homer and Hesiod

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Sophocles' main contemporaries in ancient Greek tragedy were Aeschylus and Euripides. These three playwrights are considered the most important tragedians of their time, and their works have had a lasting impact on the development of drama and literature.
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