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Lekythos with black-figure Sphinx and Elders

Greek, Corinthian

490-470 BCE

LFRD 36 83

A Lekythos is a jug for pouring olive oil, which has a narrow body and a handle. This example features a black-figure design of the Sphinx with the Elders of Thebes, a scene prior to the solving of the riddle by Oedipus.