Portrait bust sophocles

Sophocle's Life

  • Born
    496 BCE

    Born

    Sophocles was born in 496 BCE
  • Wrote Ajax
    441 BCE

    Wrote Ajax

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

    Died

    Sophocles died in 406 BCE
  • Wrote Antigone
    442

    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.