Sophocles (496?-406?BC) one of the 3 great tragic dramatists of ancient Athens,- Aeschylus and Euripides. best-known works are Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the king) (俄狄j斯王)or Oedipus Tyrannus(c.429),the apex of Greek dramatic irony,Antigone(安提歌尼c.441), Electra;Trachiniae;Philoctetes (409);and Oedipus at Colonus (401). Sophocles'characters are dramatically interesting in that their fates are determined more by their own faults than by the Aeschylean gods;as such they haves profoundly influenced Western Tragedy.Sophocles (496?-406? BC)  one of the 3 great tragic dramatists of ancient Athens, -- Aeschylus and Euripides.  best-known works are Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the king) (俄狄浦斯王) or Oedipus Tyrannus (c.429), the apex of Greek dramatic irony; Antigone (安提歌尼c.441); Electra; Trachiniae; Philoctetes (409); and Oedipus at Colonus (401).  Sophocles' characters are dramatically interesting in that their fates are determined more by their own faults than by the Aeschylean gods; as such they have profoundly influenced Western Tragedy