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Sphinx

Page history last edited by sonny 12 years, 11 months ago

This is a picture of a Greek sphinx.

  • THE SPHINX was a female monster with the body of a lion, the breast and head of a woman, eagle's wings and, according to some, a serpent-headed tail. Daughter of Echidna and Orthus. 
  • She was sent by the gods to plague the town of Thebes.
  • There she preyed on the youths of the land, devouring all those who failed to solve her riddle.
  • Oidipous accepted the challenge, and when he solved the Sphinx's riddle, she cast herself off a mountainside in despair and in accordance with an oracle declaring the terms of her demise.
  • The riddle- "What goes on four legs at dawn, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?" 
  • The Answer-  "Man, who as a baby crawls on four legs, then walks on two legs as an adult and in old age walks with a cane as his third leg..."
  • The Roman name of Sphinx is "Sfinge"
  • The name 'sphinx' is derived from the Greek "sphingo", which means "to strangle".
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