The THEBAN LEGENDS IMAGES

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ACTAEON OEDIPUS



Indentification ImageDescription
Actaeon
Caption: Artemis and Actaeon
Creator: the Pan Painter
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Material: Red-figure bell crater (mixing bowl for wine)
Date: c. 460-450BC
Place made: Athens
Current Location: Boston, MFA 10.185		 Description: Actaeon, shown as human and not (yet?) transformed into a stag is attacked by his own hunting dogs. Artemis moves away from him, shooting at him so that the emphasis is on the punishment rather than the offence. See under Pan for the reverse side of this vase.
Oedipus
Caption: Oedipus and the Sphinx Oedipus and the Sphinx
Creator: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Material: oil on canvas
Date: early 19th c.
Current Location: 		Description: One of the few depictions of this scene in ancient and modern art. Oedipus stares intently at the Sphinx as the bones of her victims lie at his feet.