Sophocles
c. 497–c. 406 BCE
Greek tragedian who wrote Oedipus Rex.
Sophocles (c. 497–c. 406 BCE) was a playwright, born in Colonus and died in Athens.
- Known as
- Playwright
- Category
- Writers
- Born
- c. 497 BCE, Colonus
- Died
- c. 406 BCE, Athens
Alive at the same time as Sophocles
- Laozi c. 571–c. 471 BCE, philosopher
- Aeschylus c. 525–c. 456 BCE, playwright
- Xerxes I c. 518–465 BCE, king
- Pericles c. 495–429 BCE, statesman
- Herodotus c. 484–c. 425 BCE, historian
- Euripides c. 480–c. 406 BCE, playwright
- Phidias c. 480–c. 430 BCE, sculptor
- Socrates c. 470–399 BCE, philosopher
- Thucydides c. 460–c. 400 BCE, historian
- Democritus c. 460–c. 370 BCE, philosopher
- Hippocrates c. 460–c. 370 BCE, physician
- Aristophanes c. 446–c. 386 BCE, playwright
Portrait: Wolfgang Sauber, CC BY-SA 3.0.
