Sophocles Papas (1893 or 1894 – 26 February 1986)[1] was a Greek classical guitar pedagogue and music publisher.
He was exposed to classical music at an early age by his father, who was a church chanter, a voice teacher, and a casual player of the violin.
[2] Papas returned to Greece in 1912, where he fought as an Albanian guerrilla against the Turks in the Balkan Wars.
The company still publishes many arrangements and original compositions for the guitar, including a number by Papas's friend Andrés Segovia.
Some of his better-known pupils include Charlie Byrd, Sharon Isbin, Aaron Shearer, Jim Skinger, Dorothy de Goede, Clare Calahan, John Marlow, Jerry Willard, and the jazz musicians Bill Harris and Alvino Rey.