Nicomachean Ethics · Character
Sophocles
Tragedian cited for dramatic examples of character.
minor
First appearance: book i
Sophocles's tie to Neoptolemus is one of the pressures that moves Nicomachean Ethics—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Sophocles is noted as the author of the play 'Philoctetes' featuring Neoptolemus.
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With Neoptolemus (professional): Sophocles is the playwright who created the character Neoptolemus in his tragedy Philoctetes. With Ulysses (professional): Sophocles wrote Ulysses (Odysseus) as a character in his plays,…
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