Sophocles

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What impact did Sophocles have on his contemporaries and successors? Sophocles
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What impact did Sophocles have on his contemporaries and successors?

Sophocles' work greatly influenced his contemporaries, such as Euripides, and later generations of playwrights. His innovations in tragedy, including complex character development and use of dramatic irony, became foundational to the genre and inspired playwrights for centuries, from ancient Rome to the Renaissance, and even in modern drama.