Oedipus & the Sphinx | Greek vase, Athenian red figure amphora

M18.7 OIDIPOUS & THE SPHINX

Museum Collection: Antiken-sammlungen, Munich, Germany
Catalogue No.: Munich SL474
Beazley Archive Number: 213848
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Amphora, Neck
Painter: Attributed to Achilles Painter
Date: --
Period: Classical

SUMMARY

The hero Oidipous ponders the riddle of the Sphinx. He is dressed as a traveller with cloak and cap, she sits on a low plinth.

ARTICLES

Sphinx

 
 
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