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Which playwright did Sophocles defeat in his first victory at the Dionysian dramatic festival?
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Sophocles
Marble portrait bust said to be of Sophocles.
In his first victory at the Dionysian dramatic festival in 468 BCE, Sophocles defeated the renowned playwright Aeschylus.1