Sophocles

Sophocles (c. 496 BC – c. 406 BC)

Greek Playwright

As one of the greatest playwrights of ancient Greece, Sophocles, best-known for Oedipus and Antigone, developed the art of tragic drama from the work of the first tragic playwright, Aeschylus.

Nutshell Biography of Sophocles

Sophocles was born c. 496 B.C. into a wealthy family at Colonus, near the city of Athens. He was well-educated and socialized with some to the most powerful and prominent figures of his day.

Read more — Sophocles Brief Biography 

Link to Operas:

• Elektra by Richard Strauss
• Oedipus Rex Opera

Works by Sophocles

• Ajax, c. 450 BC
• Antigone, c. 442
• Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King), c.430 BC
• Women of Trachis, c. 420 BC
• Electra, c. 413 BC
• Philoctetes, 409 BC
• Oedipus at Colonus, 401 BC, Published after his death