Sophocles – Biography

c. 496/5 BC

Born in Colonus, near Athens, Greece

c. 480 BC

Studied under the poet Simonides and the musician Lamprus

c. 468 BC

First victory at the Dionysia festival for tragic drama

c. 440 BC

Wrote 'Oedipus the King'

c. 430 BC

Served as a general during the Peloponnesian War

c. 405 BC

Died in Athens, leaving behind a legacy as one of the greatest playwrights of ancient Greece