Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Historia Thebana / The story of Oedipus, Laius and Jocasta / Cycles / Cairo, Egyptian Museum (Hellenistic murals, from Hermopolis)
Historia Thebana / The story of Oedipus, Laius and Jocasta / Oedipus kills Laius
Historia Thebana / The story of Oedipus, Laius and Jocasta / Oedipus is questioned by the Sphinx

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Geography / Topography / Ancient towns / Thebes

SECULAR ICONOGRAPHY

Allegories and personifications A-Z / Ignorance (Ignorantia)
Allegories and personifications A-Z / Question

Further details

From the left Oedipus, the Sphinx, personifications of Zetema (Question) and Thebes, then the personification of Agnoia (Ignorance) and Oedipus killing Laius

Artist or creator

Hellenistic

Date

1st century - 4th century

Location

Cairo, Egyptian Museum (from the necropolis of Hermopolis (Tuna el-Gebel))

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Rights and Permissions

This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License

Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

Contact

For comments or queries, please contact photographic.collect@sas.ac.uk
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