Important Works:
Ajax (450-430 B.C.)
Antigone (442 B.C.)
Electra (420-410 B.C.)
Oedipus at Colonus (401 B.C.)
Oedipus the King (429-425 B.C.)
Philoctetes (409 B.C.)
Women of Trachis (450-430 B.C.)
 
 

Awards:
Sophocles won at least eighteen first-place awards in the City Dionysia, more than any other competitor. He never finished below second place at the annual festival, which presented new plays of the time.

Quotes:
“Time alone can prove a just man just, though you can know a bad man in a day.”
“For money you would sell your soul.” -from Antigone
“How dreadful knowledge of truth can be
When there's no help in truth!”
“None love the messenger who brings bad news.”
“Truth is the strongest element.”
“To err from the right path is common to mankind.”