Sophocles is mostly famous for being a playwright and for mastering the art of the Greek drama. His most famous play was 'Oedipus the King.'
Probably Oedipus Rex by Sophocles.
Sophocles
Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King) was written by Sophocles.
His childhood and his education may have been the inspiration for the plays that Sophocles [c. 496 B.C.E. - c. 406 B.C.E.] wrote. Specifically, Sophocles' family were residents of Colonus. The city was famous as the reputed place of death of Theban King Oedipus, whose story became the subject of three famous plays by Sophocles.Additionally, Sophocles had the best of educations available in his hometown, and then in the sophisticated capital of Athens. He would have been well versed in ancient history, literature and religion. So it was easy for him to draw on any one of the disciplines in peopling his plays with figures from the cultural heritage of ancient Greece.
Sophocles Herberius Tymmnastus.
There are four famous ancient Greek playwrights. Sophocles is the most famous writer of tragedies; his Oedipus Rex is one of the world's most famous plays. Euripides is also a very famous tragedian who wrote several plays including Hippolytus, Bacchae, Alcestis and one of his most famous, Medea. Aeschylus was a third famous tragedian. The most famous comic writer was Aristophanes, famous for his plays The Birds and The Frogs and the utterly hilarious and still topical Lysistrata.
Oedipus Rex.
Phrynicus, Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides
Aeschlus and Sophocles.
Sophocles was a famous Greek playwright who was born in Attica in rural Greece and later moved to Greece's capital city of Athens.
Probably Oedipus Rex by Sophocles.
Aeschylus Sophocles Euripedes
Antigone and Oedipus Rex are two famous plays that SophoclesRead more: Which_famous_play_did_Sophocles_write
Aeschylus, Sophocles, Eurypides, Aristophanes.
Sophocles. Among others, Sophocles wrote some of the most famous works, still studied in high schools and colleges to this day.
Sophocles is famous because he was one of the best tragedians of his time and he wrote over 100 plays. He won over 27 drama competitions in the Athenian theatre and never placed lower then second in any drama competition.
Oedipus and Antigone - generally known as the Theban plays