Iophon (Greek: Ἰοφῶν, fl. 428 BC – 405 BC) was a Greek tragic poet, son of Sophocles, and brother to Ariston.
Iophon gained the second prize in tragic competition in 428 BC, Euripides being first, and Ion third. He must have been alive in 405 BC, the date of the production of The Frogs of Aristophanes, in which he is spoken of as the only good Athenian tragic poet, although it is hinted that he owed much to his father's assistance.[1] He wrote fifty plays, of which only a few fragments and the following eight titles remain: Achilles, Actaeon, Aulodoi ("The Flute-Singers"), Bacchae, Dexamenus, Iliou Persis ("The Sacking of Troy"), Pentheus, and Telephus.
It is said that Iophon accused his father before the court of the phratores of being incapable of managing his affairs, so that he might gain the guardianship of his father's fortune. Sophocles replied to this charge by reading the chorus of the Oedipus at Colonus (688 ff.), which he was currently writing. The piece so proved that he was still in possession of all his mental faculties that he was acquitted.[1]
Iophon (Greek: Ἰοφῶν, fl. 428 BC – 405 BC) was a Greek tragic poet, son of Sophocles, and brother to Ariston. Iophon gained the second prize in tragic...
Iophon cheliferum, also known as the white reticulated sponge, is a species of sea sponge which lives on the bottom of the ocean. It is a deep water species...
Iophon husvikense is a species of sea sponge first found on the coast of South Georgia island, in the south west Southern Ocean. Goodwin, Claire, Paul...
charge in court by reading from his new Oedipus at Colonus. One of his sons, Iophon, and a grandson, also named Sophocles (son of Ariston), also became playwrights...
plays with titles Mysians and Telephus. Another late fifth-century poet Iophon, and the fourth-century poets Cleophon and Moschion, each wrote plays called...
Olympiad (452 BC); he is mentioned as third in competition with Euripides and Iophon, in Olympiad 87.4 (429-8 BC); and he died before 421 BC, as appears from...
cloud sponge (Aphrocallistes vastus) and the white reticulated sponge (Iophon cheliferum) and also on hydrozoans such as the pink branching hydrocoral...
modified anisochelae such as the bipocillae (chellae with fused wings) of Iophon), microrhabd-like spicules (modified microxeas or microstrongyles) and diamond-shaped...
Halisarca dujardini (Demospongiae, Halisarcida), Myxilla incrustans and Iophon piceus (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from the White Sea". The Biological...
Retrieved 24 February 2018. van Soest, Rob. "Sponges of the NE Atlantic: Iophon piceum". Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved 24 February 2018...
Global Information