Ancient Athens of the 5th century BC saw evolutionary developments in philosophy, science, and the dramatic arts that provided citizens with a very different perspective on life as it was. It was a patriarchal society governed for hundreds of years by an aristocratic system that centered its ideals and beliefs not on individualism, but on the absolute power of the gods. However, in the Golden Age, society's devotion to piety began to crumble as humanity began to examine the power of man's achievements. This unorthodox movement was led by the sophists. The role of the dominant Greek powers was therefore to re-establish the traditional pious values ​​of society. As a high-ranking conservative, Sophocles wrote with the intention of reinforcing these dominant conservative values, his famous play Oedipus Rex (c. 429 BC). The ancient comedy tells the story of a man whose fate was sealed by an unholy act committed by his parents. In an attempt to escape his cursed fate he inevitably realizes it. Sophocles intentionally manipulated aspects of tragedy in this story to address the questionable nature of society at the time, ultimately emphasizing the horrendous consequences seen through Oedipus. These tragic events in the play will help answer important philosophical questions about fate and free will, reaffirm the power of the gods and the functions of conservative Athenian society. Fate and free will became elusive concepts in the golden age that conservative society would clearly understand. , which was all that was predestined by the gods. However, this sophistic movement presented ideas that challenged this pious belief. Sophocles ingeniously countered this sophistical idea of ​​fate in this play by narrowing... the middle of the paper ...... you saw her crossing the threshold // With desperate passion... lacing her fingers in her hair. Women were seen as emotionally weak and irrational individuals. At the other end of the spectrum Oedipus, resonating the qualities of a man, decided to accept his tragic state rather than the choice of death, making him heroic and admirable. Oedipus' daughters were also highly disempowered, as they were described as incompetent and delicate beings who are unable to face the fate entrusted to them "I think of your painful life in the days to come...". While Oedipus represented many sophistic ideals through free will and individualism, Sophocles reinforced through tragic aspects that ultimately it was the power of the gods and his cursed fate, conservative philosophy and belief that prevailed over all the sophistic qualities that the public he may have admired Oedipus.