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At this same time Sophocles the son of Sophilus, the writer of tragedies, died at the age of ninety years, after he had won the prize eighteen1 times. And we are told of this man that when he presented his last tragedy and won the prize, he was filled with insuperable jubilation which was also the cause of his death.

1 The eighteen firsts are confirmed by the "Victory" inscription (I.G. 2.977a).

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