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What role did Sophocles hold as a proboulos in 413 BCE?
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Marble portrait bust said to be of Sophocles.
In 413 BCE, at approximately 83 years of age, the Greek dramatist Sophocles served as a proboulos. In this role, he was one of 10 advisory commissioners granted special powers to organize the financial and domestic recovery of Athens following its catastrophic military defeat at Syracuse in Sicily.1