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M18.7 SPHINX & OEDIPUS

Sphinx & Oedipus | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich
Catalogue No. Munich SL474
Beazley Archive No. 213848
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Amphora, Neck
Painter Attributed to Achilles Painter
Date -
Period Classical

DESCRIPTION

Oedipus ponders the riddle of the Sphinx. The hero wears a traveller's cloak and cap, and holds a spear. The monster has the head of a woman, the body of a lion and the wings of an eagle, and is seated on a low plinth.

ARTICLES

Sphinx