Who is Sophocles?

        Sophocles was an ancient Greek tragedian writer who's plays have survived until this very day. His plays were written during the period after Aeschylus and earlier than Euripides. According to Suda, a 10th century encyclopedia, during his lifetime Sophocles wrote 123 plays and only 7 of those plays have survived to the present day. He was the most famous playwright in the competitions held in Athens during the religious festivals that were  called Lenaea and Dionysia. Sophocles entered thirty competitions, won twenty four, and never placed below second in the ones he lost. Sophocles made many contributions to and had an outstanding influence on drama.