The article deals with the Jean Anouilh’s interpretation of Sophocles's plot in the plays «Antigone» (1944) and «Oedipus, or Lame king» (1978). In the unstable period of the 1940s, including the Second world war, the writer appealed to the Sophocles's creation in order to reveal the modern life problems through his interpretation of Sophocles's great tragedy «Antigone» at the first time. But at the end of his dramatic career Anouilh appealed again to the creation of his great predecessor to revive his favorite rebellious hero in the image of Oedipus. In the play «Oedipus, or Lame king» the main hero Oedipus proves the author's faith in a strong personality who is able to resist the world of compromise.