Sophoclean

adjective

Soph·​o·​cle·​an ¦säfə¦klēən 

: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Athenian tragic poet Sophocles or his dramas

Word History

Etymology

Sophocles †406 b.c. Greek tragic dramatist + English -an

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