What genre of ancient drama, featuring a chorus and tragic heroes like Oedipus and Antigone, was perfected by playwrights like Sophocles?

• A comedy
• B tragedy ✓
• C satyr play
• D mime

Greek tragedy developed from dithyrambic choruses in the 5th century BCE Athens; the three great tragedians – Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides – wrote works still performed worldwide today.