Sophocles was a playwright who lived in Greece during the 5 th century BC. He is one of the three Greek writers of tragedy (the other two being Aeschylus and Euripides) whose works have survived till this day. According to the Suda, a 10 th century Byzantine encyclopaedia and dictionary of the ancient Mediterranean world, Sophocles wrote a total of 123 plays. Sophocles was an extremely popular playwright during his day, with twenty of his works winning first place in the dramatic competition of his city, Athens. Of Sophocles’ 123 plays, only seven are known to have survived intact: Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis , Oedipus Rex , Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus .… Lês fierder