Sophocles

[sof-uh-kleez] /ˈsɒf əˌkliz/
noun
1.
495?–406? b.c, Greek dramatist.
Related forms
Sophoclean
[sof-uh-klee-uh n] /ˌsɒf əˈkli ən/ (Show IPA), adjective
British Dictionary definitions for Sophocles

Sophocles

/ˈsɒfəˌkliːz/
noun
1.
?496–406 bc, Greek dramatist; author of seven extant tragedies: Ajax, Antigone, Oedipus Rex, Trachiniae, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus
Derived Forms
Sophoclean (ˌsɒfəˈkliːən) adjective
Word Origin and History for Sophocles

Athenian tragic poet (c.496-406 B.C.E.), the name is Greek Sophokles, literally "famed for wisdom," from sophos "wise" (see sophist) + *-kles "fame" (see Damocles). Related: Sophoclean.

Sophocles in Culture
Sophocles [(sof-uh-kleez)]

An ancient Greek poet, author of Oedipus Rex and Antigone. He is counted, with Euripides and Aeschylus, among the great Greek authors of tragedies.