About Sophocles!

Sophocles (c. 496-406 bc) was the author of Oedipus The King (or Oedipus Rex (in latin), or Oedipus Tyrannus (in Greek)).  He was the first place winner of a yearly playwriting competition held at the Festival of Dionysos at the age of 27.  I'm 27 now and barely know how to read, let alone write one of the most influencial plays in history.  He must have been quite a guy.  Sadly, of the 100 plays he wrote, we only have 7 and a half left.  Sophocles had an impressive beard as shown below:

"Sophocles"  World Encyclopedia. Philip's, 2008. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press.