Sophocles Sophocles
Sophocles was born about 496 BC in Colonus Hippius (now part of Athens). He is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose work has survived, along with Aeschylus and Euripides. He wrote more than 100 plays, including seven complete tragedies and fragments of 80 or 90 others. His completed plays included Ajax, Antigone, The Women of Trachis, Oedipus the King, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus. Sophocles influenced the development of the drama, most importantly by adding a third...
