{"product_id":"sophocles-magnet","title":"Sophocles - Magnet","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall format, serious subject matter. This portrait magnet brings one of history's most celebrated playwrights into your everyday spaces - a daily reminder that the people who shaped civilization are worth remembering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Sophocles magnet features an elegant engraved-style portrait, part of the \u003ca title=\"Great Minds of Classical Greece\" href=\"https:\/\/legendsketch.com\/collections\/great-minds-of-classical-greece\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreat Minds of Classical Greece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e collection. A distinctive gift for literature lovers, theater enthusiasts, and educators. Available in three sizes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT SOPHOCLES (c. 497–406 BC)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSophocles won more dramatic competitions than any playwright in Athenian history. He entered roughly 30 festivals and never finished lower than second. In a culture that treated theatre as both religious ceremony and civic institution, that record made him the most celebrated artist of his age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe introduced the third actor to Greek drama - building on Aeschylus's innovation of the second - and expanded the possibilities of stagecraft, character, and psychological complexity in ways that transformed the art form permanently. His plays didn't just tell stories. They asked whether human beings could ever escape their fate, and whether trying to do so made things better or worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOedipus Rex\u003c\/em\u003e remains the most analyzed work in Western literature - Aristotle held it up as the perfect tragedy, and Freud borrowed its central dynamic to name a psychological complex that shaped an entire century of thought. \u003cem\u003eAntigone\u003c\/em\u003e posed a question about individual conscience versus state authority that every generation since has had to answer for itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf the roughly 120 plays he wrote, seven survive. That seven of them are still performed, studied, and argued over 2,500 years later is the only measure of greatness that matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRODUCT FEATURES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAvailable in three sizes: 3×3, 4×4, and 6×6 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMatte finish for a sophisticated, glare-free surface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLaminated surface for durability and color vibrancy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhite vinyl with strong magnetic backing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndoor use recommended\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Printify","offers":[{"title":"3\" × 3\"","offer_id":47942263505063,"sku":"31270533052441563752","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\"","offer_id":47942263537831,"sku":"33085299191923927537","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\"","offer_id":47942263570599,"sku":"32864624117993083699","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2249\/5399\/files\/Sophocles-magnet-Greek-playwright-illustration.jpg?v=1774065389","url":"https:\/\/legendsketch.com\/products\/sophocles-magnet","provider":"LegendSketch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}