Oedipus and the Sphinx
The Lion as the central motif, with the Angel and the Wing, and the Demon and the Monster in a secondary part. From Single sheets.
Key · 3 motifs
The motifs the picture carries, filed by role. The marks on the picture itself come with the entry.
- 1The Lioncentral motif as it reads here: The Sphinx
- 2The Angel and the Wingsecondary motif
- 3The Demon and the Monstersecondary motif
The picture
The winged lion-bodied sphinx clings to Oedipus; by eye; the sphinx is a woman's head on a winged lion's body. By eye
Not yet decoded: the key and the sourced notes come with the entry. Until then the motifs above are tagged by eye and said so.
Also carrying the Lion
15 works carry it. The 6 where it is the central motif are here. The symbol.
Where the detail is the subject
the Angel and the Wing · the Demon and the Monster
Each of these is in the picture without being what it is about. Below, one work that is about each.
In the same series
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