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white ground lekythos depicting Oedipus and the sphinx
£40.00
In the scene depicted here, Oedipus ponders the riddle of the sphinx, which was: 'What walks on four legs at dawn, two at noon and three at dusk?' (Man) Oedipus solved the riddle and the sphinx, in despair at being outwitted, hurled herself from a rock to her death. The image is based on an original from an amphora by the Achilles Painter dating to ca 440-430 BC, which is now in the Staatliche Antikensammlungen in Munich. Height: 14cm
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about this pottery collection
This pottery collection is produced in Greece in the workshop of the Lioulias family, with whom It's All Greek is proud to have been working since 2004.
about the sphinx
Symbol of mystery. The hybrid mythical sphinx had the face of a woman, the body of a lion and the wings of a bird of prey.
In Greek mythology, the enigmatic sphinx was associated with Oedipus, to whom she posed her famous riddle. In Egyptian mythology, the sphinx was the guardian of sacred places.