Plate LVIII - Picture
Plate LVIII is that picture which is seen nearest to
the spectator on the right side of the fountain in
plate LVI. It is,
in shape, much like the last, but, as its angular form
above was of no consequence, it is represented flat, in
order to bring it within the limits of the plate. |
The figures are more defined than usual, and seem as if they must have been intended to represent some known event in history, or in private life. The return of the shepherd of King Polybus to his wife Peribaea, after finding the infant Oedipus suspended to the tree on Mount Cithaeron, might possibly be intended.