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Oedipus sacrificing to the Delphic Oracle              
in front of a statue of Apollo.                        
Scenes from the myth of Oedipus.                       
Marble relief (3rd CE) from a sarcophagus.
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Oedipus sacrificing to the Delphic Oracle in front of a statue of...

Child Oedipus abandoned on Mount Cithaeron             
by the shepherd.                                       
Marble relief (3rd CE) from a sarcophagus.
#10020255

Child Oedipus abandoned on Mount Cithaeron by the shepherd....

A thoughtful Oedipus worrying about his origin.        
Marble relief (3rd CE)                                 
from a sarcophagus.
#10020256

A thoughtful Oedipus worrying about his origin. Marble relief (3rd CE)...

King Oedipus questioning the old shepherd              
about his past.                                        
Marble relief (3rd CE)                                 
from a sarcophagus.
#10020257

King Oedipus questioning the old shepherd about his past....

Oedipus and the Sphynx.                                
Marble relief (3rd CE)                                 
from a sarcophagus.
#10020258

Oedipus and the Sphynx. Marble relief (3rd CE)...

Oedipus kills his father Laertes,                      
chariot, fleeing servant.                              
Marble relief (3rd CE)                                 
from a sarcophagus.
#10020259

Oedipus kills his father Laertes, chariot, fleeing servant...

Charon in a boat, ferrying souls across the Styx.      
Marble relief (3rd CE)                                 
from a sarcophagus.
#10020260

Charon in a boat, ferrying souls across the Styx. Marble relief (3rd CE)...

Agamemnon's ghost with Orestes and Pylades.            
Marble relief (3rd CE)                                 
from a sarcophagus.
#10020261

Agamemnon's ghost with Orestes and Pylades. Marble relief (3rd CE)...

Orestes killing Clytaemnestra.                         
Marble relief (3rd CE)                                 
from a sarcophagus.
#10020262

Orestes killing Clytaemnestra. Marble relief (3rd CE)...

Orestes with a sword killing Clytaemnestra.            
Detail of 10-02-02/62.                                 
Marble relief (3rd CE)                                 
from a sarcophagus.
#10020263

Orestes with a sword killing Clytaemnestra. Detail of 10-02-02/62....

Erinies with snakes in their hands.                    
Marble relief (3rd CE)                                 
from a sarcophagus.
#10020264

Erinies with snakes in their hands. Marble relief (3rd CE)...

Emperor Augustus in armour.                            
Marble figure from the Prima Porta,Rome.               
Height 204 cm
#100401 8

Emperor Augustus in armour. Marble figure from the P...