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प्रश्न
Read the lines given below and answer the following question:
| Sophocles long ago Heard it on the Agean… |
Who is Sophocles?
पर्याय
A Shakespearean character.
The poet’s ancestor.
A Victorian poet.
A Greek tragedian.
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उत्तर
A Greek tragedian.
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