Sophocles

Greek · c. 496–406 BC

Ancient Athenian tragedian who perfected Greek drama with works like Oedipus Rex and Antigone, exploring fate, moral law, and the limits of human knowledge.

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“All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.”
Ancient Greek

Antigone ↗ (c. 441 BC)

Chorus

“There is no happiness where there is no wisdom.”
Ancient Greek

Antigone ↗ (c. 441 BC)

Chorus

“Count no man happy until he is dead.”
Ancient Greek

Oedipus Rex ↗ (c. 429 BC)

“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.”
Ancient Greek

Oedipus at Colonus ↗ (c. 401 BC)