5 Adorable Kittens/Wisdom Outweighs Any Wealth
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Quote of 12/14/019, "Wisdom outweighs any wealth." (Quote of: Sophocles, Photo of: Susan Sun Nunamaker, Presented at: WindermereSun.com) -
Pet of 12/14/019, 5 kittens (Presented at: WindermereSun.com)
Dear Friends & Neighbors,
Pet of 12/14/019, 5 kittens (Presented at: WindermereSun.com)
Quote of 12/14/019, “Wisdom outweighs any wealth.” (Quote of: Sophocles, Photo of: Susan Sun Nunamaker, Presented at: WindermereSun.com)
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Pet of the Week, 12/14/2019, below:
Pet of 12/14/019, 5 kittens (Presented at: WindermereSun.com)
This was our readers’ favorite Pet of the Week, so shared here. Aren’t they adorable?!
Quote of the Week, 1/14/019, below:
Quote of 12/14/019, “Wisdom outweighs any wealth.” (Quote of: Sophocles, Photo of: Susan Sun Nunamaker, Presented at: WindermereSun.com)
Sophocles once commented, “Wisdom outweighs any wealth.”
To learn more about Sophocles, please refer to the excerpt from wikipedia, in italics, below:
Sophocles (/ˈsɒfəkliːz/;[1] Greek: Σοφοκλῆς Sophoklēs, pronounced [so.pʰo.klɛ̂ːs]; c. 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC)[2] is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than or contemporary with those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote over 120 plays[3] during the course of his life, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus.[4] For almost 50 years, Sophocles was the most celebrated playwright in the dramatic competitions of the city-state of Athens that took place during the religious festivals of the Lenaea and the Dionysia. He competed in 30 competitions, won 24, and was never judged lower than second place. Aeschylus won 13 competitions, and was sometimes defeated by Sophocles, while Euripides won four competitions.[5]
The most famous tragedies of Sophocles feature Oedipus and also Antigone: they are generally known as the Theban plays, although each play was actually a part of a different tetralogy, the other members of which are now lost. Sophocles influenced the development of drama, most importantly by adding a third actor, thereby reducing the importance of the chorus in the presentation of the plot. He also developed his characters to a greater extent than earlier playwrights such as Aeschylus.[6]
Among Sophocles’ earliest innovations was the addition of a third actor, which further reduced the role of the chorus and created greater opportunity for character development and conflict between characters.[6] Aeschylus, who dominated Athenian playwriting during Sophocles’ early career, followed suit and adopted the third character into his own work towards the end of his life.[6] Aristotle credits Sophocles with the introduction of skenographia, or scenery-painting. It was not until after the death of the old master Aeschylus in 456 BC that Sophocles became the pre-eminent playwright in Athens.[2]
Thereafter, Sophocles emerged victorious in dramatic competitions at 18 Dionysia and 6 Lenaia festivals.[2] In addition to innovations in dramatic structure, Sophocles’ work is also known for its deeper development of characters than earlier playwrights.[6] His reputation was such that foreign rulers invited him to attend their courts, although unlike Aeschylus who died in Sicily, or Euripides who spent time in Macedon, Sophocles never accepted any of these invitations.[2] Aristotle used Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex in his Poetics (c. 335 BC) as an example of the highest achievement in tragedy, which suggests the high esteem in which his work was held by later Greeks.[20]
Only two of the seven surviving plays[21] can be dated securely: Philoctetes (409 BC) and Oedipus at Colonus (401 BC, staged after Sophocles’ death by his grandson). Of the others, Electra shows stylistic similarities to these two plays, which suggests that it was probably written in the latter part of his career. Ajax, Antigone and The Trachiniae are generally thought to be among his early works, again based on stylistic elements, with Oedipus Rex coming in Sophocles’ middle period. Most of Sophocles’ plays show an undercurrent of early fatalism and the beginnings of Socratic logic as a mainstay for the long tradition of Greek tragedy.[22][23]
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