Tripod - The Riddle of the Sphinx - Delphi Winner Prize - pure bronze artifact

Condition: New, Made in Greece.
Material: Pure Bronze
Height: 29 cm -11,41 inches
Width: 17,5 cm - 6,89 inches
Length: 17,5 cm - 6,89 inches
Weight: 1620 g

A sacrificial tripod is a three-legged piece of religious furniture used for offerings or other ritual procedures. As a seat or stand, the tripod is the most stable furniture construction for uneven ground, hence its use is universal and ancient. It is particularly associated with Apollo and the Delphic oracle in ancient Greece, and the word "tripod" comes from the Greek meaning "three-footed." Tripods frequently are mentioned by Homer as prizes in athletic games and as complimentary gifts. They appear also to be precious gifts for the guests, as in the case of the Phaeakes, who offered a cauldron and tripod to Odysseus.
Sphinx victims in order to avoid being torn to pieces were challenged to answer the following riddle "What creature is two-legged, three-legged and four-legged and weakest of limb when it walks in more than two legs?" Her victims were many but Oedipus gained the throne of Thebes by answering the riddle and thus freeing the city from the terrible monster. His answer "Man, who begins life in all fours and ends life leaning on a cane."

ΘEO 128A TΡΙΠΟΔΟ - 62,32