I.Sophocles
wrote over 100 plays, but we have only 7
complete plays.
II.The
Theban Plays
A. Antigone
(441)
B. Oedipus the King (429)
C. Oedipus at Colonus (401)
III.Athenian
Society
A. Change from
city-state to empire.
B. Change from traditional education to rhetoric by Sophists.
C. Change from
belief in the Gods to belief in Reason.
“Man is the measure of all things.” Protagoras.