Sujet
'Oedipus and the Sphinx', 1880. Artist: Antique.
Légende
'Oedipus and the Sphinx', 1880. Oedipus was a mythical Greek king of Thebes. Oedipus meetd the Sphinx at the crossroads on his journey between Thebes and Delphi and must answer the Sphinx's riddle in order to pass. Failure means his own death and that of the besieged Thebans. The riddle was: What walks on four feet in the morning, two in the afternoon and three at night?. From Stories from the Greek Tragedies by the Rev. Alfred J. Church, M.A. [Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, London, 1880]
The Print Collector collection
Date
1880
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19D06_003
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
82,1Mo (2,0Mo) / 55,8cm x 36,8cm / 6592 x 4352 (300dpi)