Edipo - Oedipus
Edipo e la Sfinge - Oedipus (named) seated on block is listening the riddle of the Theban Sphinx seated on a Ionic column.
Name inscription to the upper right of Oedipus' head, ending over the sphinx's head: Οιδιποδες, Oedipus.
To left of the sphinx' mouth: [κ]αι τρι[], Probably [κ]αι τρι[α], where τρι[α] could refer to the last part of the riddle, i.e. to the animal who walks on three legs.
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Attic red-figured kylix
Attributed to Oedipus Painter by Beazley; to Douris by Hartwg
500 - 450 BC
From Vulci, Lazio
Vatican Museums
Edipo - Oedipus
Edipo e la Sfinge - Oedipus (named) seated on block is listening the riddle of the Theban Sphinx seated on a Ionic column.
Name inscription to the upper right of Oedipus' head, ending over the sphinx's head: Οιδιποδες, Oedipus.
To left of the sphinx' mouth: [κ]αι τρι[], Probably [κ]αι τρι[α], where τρι[α] could refer to the last part of the riddle, i.e. to the animal who walks on three legs.
CARC @ www.beazley.ox.ac.uk
Attic red-figured kylix
Attributed to Oedipus Painter by Beazley; to Douris by Hartwg
500 - 450 BC
From Vulci, Lazio
Vatican Museums