M18.8 SPHINX & OEDIPUS
| Museum Collection | Musée du Louvre, Paris |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | Louvre G417 |
| Beazley Archive No. | 214483 |
| Ware | Attic Red Figure |
| Shape | Stamnos |
| Painter | Attributed to the Menelaus Painter |
| Date | ca 475 - 425 B.C. |
| Period | Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Oedipus ponders the riddle of the Sphinx. The hero wears a traveller's cloak and cap, and holds a pair of hunting spears. The monster has the head of a woman, the body of a lion and the wings of an eagle, and is seated on a plinth.