Portrait bust sophocles

Sophocle's Life

  • 496 BCE

    Born

    Born
    Sophocles was born in 496 BCE
  • 441 BCE

    Wrote Ajax

    Wrote Ajax
    Based on the plot of the trojan war, Ajax is written
  • 406 BCE

    Died

    Sophocles died in 406 BCE
  • 442

    Wrote Antigone

    Wrote Antigone
    Antigone, daughter of Oedipus was willing to go through the death penalty if it meant she would be allowed to bury her brother's body. Due to her uncle hesitating because of family ties he put her in a cell. She learned that she wouldn't be able to after she got out so she killed herself in her cell,then her nephew followed suit followed by her parents.