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Bookmark or Share- Sophocles - World History EncyclopediaSophocles of Kolōnos (c. 496 - c. 406 BCE) was one of the most famous and celebrated writers of tragedy plays in ancient Greece and his surviving works, written throughout the 5th century BCE, include such classics as Oedipus Rex, Antigone, and Women of Trachis. As with other Greek plays, Sophocles' work is not only a record of Greek theatre ...
- Antigone - World History Encyclopediaby Donald L. Wasson. published on 05 April 2018. Available in other languages: Spanish. Antigone with Polynices' Body. VladoubidoOo (CC BY-SA) Antigone was the third play in the Oedipus trilogy written by the great Greek playwright Sophocles (c. 496 - c. 406 BCE).
- Sophocles - WikipediaSophocles (c. 497/496 – winter 406/405 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian, known as one of three from whom at least one play has survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus ; and earlier than, or contemporary with, those of Euripides .
- Sophocles | Biography, Plays, Legacy, & Facts | BritannicaSophocles, with Aeschylus and Euripides, one of classical Athens’s three great tragic playwrights. The best known of his 123 dramas is Oedipus the King. Among his other notable works are Antigone, Ajax, Philoctetes, Trachinian Women, and Electra. Learn more about his life and works in this article.
- Sophocles - Greek MythologySophocles’ Life and Works Life Though the Suda says that Sophocles was born during the 73 rd Olympiad (488/5 BC), he was most probably born a decade earlier, in (or about) 496 BC in the village of Colonus, just a little north of Athens. His father, Sophillus, was a highly educated and wealthy armor manufacturer and slaveowner.
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