Intaglio with Oedipus and the Sphinx Set in a Ring

4th-3rd century BCE (Hellenistic)

1.1 cm 1.3 cm 1.4 cm

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The Sphinx (meaning "strangler") was a savage creature with the head of a woman, the body of a lion, and the wings of a bird, sent by Hera to plague the city of Thebes. Oedipus encountered her at the entrance to the city, where she allowed none to enter or leave until they had...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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