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Sophʹoclēs, the tragic poet, a native of Athens; so called from the great sweetness of his compositions. (B.C. 495–405.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.