In a related work, the blind Tiresias prophesies to a king of Thebes who killed his father and married his mother.  
In one work by this writer, two men attempt to convince a hermit to bring his legendary bow into battle, while the title character of another work is fooled by Athena into slaughtering sheep he believed to be Greek leaders. Apart from the plays Philoctetes [FI-lock-tuh-tees] and(*) Ajax, he wrote a play in which the title character buries Polynices, thus invoking Creon's wrath. In a related work, the blind Tiresias prophesies to a king of Thebes who killed his father and married his mother.  For 10 points, identify this Greek tragedian who wrote Antigone [an-TIH-guh-nee] and Oedipus Rex [ED-ih-pus REX].
In one work by this writer, two men attempt to convince a hermit to bring his legendary bow into battle, while the title character of another work is fooled by Athena into slaughtering sheep he believed to be Greek leaders.
{Sophocles}