Sophokles

Name
Sophokles

Dates
496 - 406 B.C.

Role
Playwright

Works
Ajax
Antigone
Trachiniae
Oedipus Rex
Electra
Philoctetes
Oedipus Coloneus

Additional Notes
Sophokles was a Greek dramatist who was said to have wrote over one hundred plays, eighteen of which won at the Festival of Dionysus, with his first beating Aeschylus in 468 B.C. It is said that Sophokles has won second prize many times, however for some reason never third.