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Oedipus (Greek mythological figure)

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  • A depressed scholar surrounded by mythological figures; representing the melancholy temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
  • A depressed scholar surrounded by mythological figures; representing the melancholy temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
  • Oedipus and the Sphinx. Process print after J. A. D. Ingres, 192-.
  • Oedipus and the Sphinx. Process print after J. A. D. Ingres, 192-.
  • The infant Oedipus is tied to a tree by the shepherd to whom he was entrusted by his parents. Etching by S. Rosa.
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    • Pictures

    The infant Oedipus is tied to a tree by the shepherd to whom he was entrusted by his parents. Etching by S. Rosa.

    Rosa, Salvatore, 1615-1673. | Date: 1600-1699 | Reference: 38768i
    • Pictures

    Oedipus at Colonus: the blind Oedipus, attended by Antigone, is visited by Ismene and by Polynices. Engraving by A.A. Morel after A. Giroust.

    Giroust, Antoine, 1753-1817. | Date: 1788 | Reference: 3069836i
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    Oedipus and the Sphinx. Process print after J. A. D. Ingres, 192-.

    | Date: [between 1920 and 1929?] | Reference: 2045637i
    Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
    • Books

    Oedipus, myth and complex : a review of psychoanalytic theory / by Patrick Mullahy.

    Mullahy, Patrick, 1912-1982. | Date: 1948
    • Pictures

    A depressed scholar surrounded by mythological figures; representing the melancholy temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.

    Nessenthaler, Johann David, 1717?-1766. | Reference: 26893i
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