
Freud in Focus 4: Episode 2
Freud Museum London: Psychoanalysis Podcasts
The Significance of Greek Jugs and Sphinx Imagery in Freud's Consulting Room
Freud had a small reproduction of a painting by a neo-classical French painter depicting a Greek jug, the Sphinx, and an individual's encounter with the Sphinx in his Vienna consulting room. This painting was placed at the foot of the couch where Freud would sit, symbolizing his focus on analyzing and diagnosing his patients' complexes.
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