Iophon (fl. 428 BC–405 BC), Greek tragic poet, and son of Sophocles. Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC Years: 433 BC 432 BC 431 BC 430 BC 429 BC - 428 BC - 427 BC 426 BC... Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC - 400s BC - 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC Years: 410 BC 409 BC 408 BC 407 BC 406 BC - 405 BC - 404 BC 403 BC... Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ... A Roman bust of Sophocles. ...

He gained the second prize in tragic competition 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 hinted that he owed much to his fathers assistance. He wrote fifty plays, of which only a few fragments remain. Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC Years: 433 BC 432 BC 431 BC 430 BC 429 BC - 428 BC - 427 BC 426 BC... Euripides (ca. ... An ion is an atom or group of atoms with a net electric charge. ... Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC - 400s BC - 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC Years: 410 BC 409 BC 408 BC 407 BC 406 BC - 405 BC - 404 BC 403 BC... The Frogs is a comedy written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. ... A bust of Aristophanes Aristophanes (ca. ... The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ...

It is said that Iophon accused his father before the court of the phratores of being incapable of managing his affairs, so that he might gain the guardianship of his father's fortune, to which Sophocles replied by reading the chorus of the Oedipus at Colonus (688 ff.), which he was currently writing; the piece so proved that he was still in possession of all his mental faculties that he was acquitted. Oedipus at Colonus (also Oidipous at Kolonos) is one of the three Theban plays of Sophocles. ...

References

• Aristophanes, Frogs, 73, 78, with scholia;
• Cicero, De seneclute, vii. 22; Plutarch, Moralia, 785 B;
• A Nauck, Tragicorum Graecorum fragmenta (1889);
• O Wolff, De Iophonte poeta (Leipzig, 1884).

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