Sophocles

Sophocles (c. 496 - 406 BCE) was one of the three great tragic playwrights of classical Athens, alongside Aeschylus and Euripides. Seven of his plays survive complete, including the celebrated Theban dramas "Oedipus the King," "Antigone," and "Oedipus at Colonus." Admired for masterful plotting and profound, dignified characters facing inescapable fate, he was the most honored tragedian of his day and remains a cornerstone of the Western dramatic tradition.