Iophon

Iophon in Wikipedia

Iophon (fl. 428 BC – 405 BC) was an Greek tragic poet and son of Sophocles. Iophon gained the second prize in tragic competition in 428 BC, Euripides being first, and Ion third. He must have been living in 405 BC, the date of the production of The Frogs of Aristophanes, in which he is spoken of as the only good Athenian tragic poet, although it is...

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Iŏphon in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

(Ἰοφῶν). Son of Sophocles by Nicostraté. He was a distinguished tragic poet. For the celebrated story of his undutiful charge against his father, see Sophocles....

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