Sophocles was born about 496 BC at Colonus in Attica, near Athens and died 406 BC. He lived in the most brilliant intellectual period of Athens. Sophillus, his father, was a wealth Athenian citizen and gave him a sound education in music, gymnastics, and dancing. He was well known as having a reputation for learning and esthetic taste. He was well versed in Homer and the Greek lyric poets, and because of his industriousness he was known as the "Attic Bee" (Rexine 132). "Do to his youthful beauty, he was chosen to lead the chorus in the Paen of Thanksgi

ving for the naval victory at Salamis in 480 BC." (Rexine 132)

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Women's duties included managing the household and the slaves and raising the children. "The mother aided by a woman slave, took care of both boys and girls until the age of six. At the age of six, a boy was placed in the care of a male slave who taught the boy proper manners and went everywhere with him. Girls stayed at home, where they learned how to run a household." (Internet)

Farming was the most honorable occupation for a Greek citizen. "More than half of all it's citizens farmed, including many who owned small plots of land, farmers concentrated on growing olives, grapes, and figs" (Avery, Jotham p# 1023) on terraced hillsides. Athens exported olive oil and wine and imported a lot of the grain it needed to feed its people.

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