Achilles Painter - XXIII: Oedipus and the Sphinx
This was one of the Achilles Painter’s favorite subjects, and the five examples by him are more than we have from any other painter
Oedipus wears the traveller’s garb, with petasos hanging from his neck and the chlamys draped around him. He stands frontally, looking left in the direction of the Sphinx, holding a spear upright in his right hand.
In this case he is in the process of solving the riddle. The Sphinx is seated in profile to the right on a base (ara?). The monstrous creature stares directly at Oedipus.
Source: John H. Oakley, “ The Achilles Painter”
CARC / CAVI www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/26D27A09-2C82-478A-929A-7F34B...
Attic red-figured amphora
Height: 34,7 cm;
Attributed to The Achilles Painter
440 - 435 BC
Munich, Antikensammlungen - SL 474
Achilles Painter - XXIII: Oedipus and the Sphinx
This was one of the Achilles Painter’s favorite subjects, and the five examples by him are more than we have from any other painter
Oedipus wears the traveller’s garb, with petasos hanging from his neck and the chlamys draped around him. He stands frontally, looking left in the direction of the Sphinx, holding a spear upright in his right hand.
In this case he is in the process of solving the riddle. The Sphinx is seated in profile to the right on a base (ara?). The monstrous creature stares directly at Oedipus.
Source: John H. Oakley, “ The Achilles Painter”
CARC / CAVI www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/26D27A09-2C82-478A-929A-7F34B...
Attic red-figured amphora
Height: 34,7 cm;
Attributed to The Achilles Painter
440 - 435 BC
Munich, Antikensammlungen - SL 474