Sophocles (496-406 BC) was one of the three great tragic playwrights of ancient Greece; he wrote 123 plays during a career of 60 years and was still writing at the age of 90. Only seven tragedies survive, of which the most famous is Oedipus Rex.

Writes: Plays: 21st Century, Plays: Classical, Guides to Plays for Secondary and FE Level, Editions of Ancient Texts, Ancient Drama, Ancient Greek Literature, Plays: 20th Century, Greek

Author of : Antigone, Electra, Sophocles Plays: 1, Thebes, Oedipus the King, Sophocles: Plays: Ajax, Sophocles: Plays: Electra, Sophocles: Plays: Antigone, Sophocles: Plays: Trachiniae, Sophocles: Plays: Oedipus Tyrannus, Sophocles: Plays: Philoctetes, Sophocles: Plays: Oedipus Coloneus, Philoctetes, The Oedipus Plays, Sophocles: Ajax, Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus, Sophocles Plays 2

Angie Varakis

Writes: Plays: Classical, Guides to Plays for Secondary and FE Level

Introduction of: Oedipus the King

Editor(s) of: Antigone, Oedipus the King