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Ancient Greek Sphinx from Delphi
The Sphinx was a creature from ancient Greek mythology. She had the body of a lion and head of a person. She posed a riddle to those who past by her and if they could not answer correctly, she killed them. Oidipous solved the riddle and so she threw herself off a cliff and died.
Family[]
Orthos (Father)
Khimaira (Mother)
Nemean Lion (brother)
Gallery[]
Oidipous seated on a rock ponders the riddle of the Sphinx. He is dressed in traveller's cape and hat. The crowned Sphinx is seated on a plinth (Attic Red Figure, Kylix)
Oedipus and the Sphinx (detail), by Jean Auguste
Oedipus and the Sphinx (detail), Francois Xavier Fabre
Oedipus the Wayfarer (detail), by Gustave Moreau
Oidipus & the Sphinx
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