Sophocles was one of the most influential people of his time. He held important positions in office, participated in about thirty competitions, where he won about twenty-four and was never ranked lower than second place, and he also received the posthumous award of Dexion, or receiver, of the Athenians. However, much of his beliefs and ideals regarding various topics can only be brought out through his plays, as there is not much left to tell us his beliefs. Antigone in particular reveals facts about Sophocles that shed an interesting light on him. This piece, along with his other pieces, shows an interesting take on his beliefs about Greek gods and goddesses, and his views on the morality of a single person versus the power and morality of the state, as well as on its values ​​and philosophy. According to his views on religion, Sophocles belongs to a special category of people that one would rarely see in his time. Although he clearly showed a respect for the Greek gods and goddesses, he never painted them in the same light as many playwrights of his time. Powerful characters always play the role of directors of human destiny in his plays, but they are never given the importance in his plays that they are given in the plays of his peers. For example, throughout the play Hades is referenced, but very rarely as simply Hades. He is generally represented as a personification of Death. Along with this, Zeus, the very king of the gods, is only mentioned a total of thirteen times in the play, and Olympus, the home of the gods, is only mentioned twice. Most of Sophocles' peers would have numerous references to Zeus and Olympus, showing only the utmost respect and reverence, but for Sophocles it almost seems like he mentions them simply because it works. ...... middle of paper ...... sin would be punished by misfortune and that the two would be linked to each other, but Sophocles had no such thought. His plays represented more of reality, admitting that unjustified evil exists and that man cannot truly explain why it exists. Overall, Sophocles is a very special case as far as Greek playwrights are concerned. His respect for the gods seems more out of obligation than true belief, although he makes it clear that he believes. He seems to believe that morality will triumph over any laws a human puts in place, but he does not support the idea that a good person will always have a good ending, as other playwrights of his time did . His writing style, in that it rarely directly involved the gods, was an anomalous idea in his time, and it made his writing stand out in the same way that it made his beliefs stand out...