Sophocles- Musician and Dancer

Sophocles wasn't just a writer he was also every good in other art forms as well, mostly in dance and music. He studied under Lamprus.

( who was married to Galateia,and according to Greek Mythology he ordered her to kill any child she bared that wasn't a son... go to find out she had a girl and hid it from her husband... but as all the stories go he eventually found out, threatened to kill the child, but the gods helped hide the child and they all lived happily ever after, or in Greek times lived happily ever until someone else wrote another story with them in it. :) )

But Sophocles danced to the sound of his own Lyre ( a 4 stringed musical instrument), either naked or with just a cloak on. apparently he even played a little ball game quiet well too. Sophocles was a true well rounded individual.

Biboliography:
Excerpt found in Source Book in Theatrical History page 7 section 4. Excerpt from Athenaeus' Deipnosophistai  establishes Sophocles' (ca 495 B.C.-- 406 B.C.) proficiency in both arts.

http://www.mythindex.com/greek-mythology/G/Galateia.html