Re-read - first time would have been freshman year at Notre Dame, so 1974 or 1975. I got the idea to read this from a book gifted on Father's Day from Paul Jr. and Nedda ("Papyrus" - lots of interesting thoughts on the ancient Greeks).
Pretty quick reading, the story lines are familiar. Oedipus runs into some bad luck and is made eternally famous; in his old age he is supported by Antigone in particular and then protected by Theseus; one of his sons, slain in battle, is left to the jackals by Creon (an incredible insult in those days, perhaps any time) - at least until Antigone defies Creon.
Kind of amazing that folks were doing this quality of literature this long ago, I hope I don't take it for granted. I hadn't realized the sequencing of the three works, how far apart in time.
The "Papyrus" book indicates that Sophocles was one of the big three of that time period (with Aeschyles and Euripides).
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