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Sophocles
Marble portrait bust said to be of Sophocles.
In 442 BCE, Sophocles served as one of the treasurers responsible for receiving and managing the tribute money collected from Athensâs subject-allies in the Delian League. This role as an imperial treasurer was one of several ways Sophocles participated in Athenian civic life, demonstrating his distinguished attachment to the city's government and administration.12