(Aeschylus) ; Oresteia . Sophocles, Σοφοκλῆς, Sophoklēs (c. 497/6 BCE – winter 406/5 BCE ) Ancient Greek tragedian. Of his plays: Oedipus the King ; Antigone ; Philoctetes (Sophocles) ; Ajax (Sophocles) . Euripides, Εὐριπίδης (c. 480 BCE – 406 BCE ) Ancient Greek tragedian. Of his plays: Medea ; Electra