Ancient Greek tragedian (c. 497-406 BCE) and one of the three great tragic playwrights of Classical Athens alongside Aeschylus and Euripides, author of Oedipus Rex and Antigone, whose surviving plays became foundational models for Western drama.
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His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus and earlier than, or contemporary with, those of Euripides.
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