Sophocles (496-406 BC) - Ranked with Aeschylus and Euripides as one of the
greatest Greek dramatists, he is the most distinguished of the three. His
works remain the finest examples of the art of Greek drama. Comparatively
conservative, he searched for truth in the existing moral order.
Oedipus at Colonus (~401 BC) - Written when Sophocles was approaching death,
it deals with the legendary past of his birthplace and represents the
climax of the Theban plays, begun earlier in Antigone and Oedipus Rex.
