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Sphinx (Mythology)

           

 
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A sphinx is a fabled monster. It has a human head and a lion's body. In ancient Egypt, where the idea originated, the head was usually a portrait of the reigning pharaoh. It also represented the sky-god Horus. The Egyptians always pictured their kings as calm and stately, with wide-open, staring eyes. The lion's body — symbolizing courage — is crouched with its front feet outstretched.


From Egypt the idea of the sphinx spread to the Syrians and Phoenicians and finally to the Greeks. These peoples gave the creature the head and bust of a woman. They added an eagle's wings to represent majesty and a long serpent's tail to indicate wiliness. In later Greek literature the sphinx was no monster, but a beautiful, wise, and mysterious woman.


According to a legend this monster put a riddle to all those who passed by and devoured those who failed to guess it. After many had died in this way, the Theban hero Oedipus answered the riddle correctly and so caused the monster's death.

   
            

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Sources: (1) Cooper, J.C. (Editor), Brewer's Book of Myth and Legend, Cassell Academic Publishing; (2) Evans, Bergen, Dictionary of Mythology, Dell Publishing Co., Inc.; (3) Dixon-Kennedy, Mike, Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman Mythology, ABC-Clio Inc. Publishers.

 
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-- Age of Mythology Gold Edition.

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-- Clash of the Gods: The Complete Season One DVD.

-- Earth Under Fire: Understanding Mythology as the Science of the Past DVD.

-- Greek Gods.

-- Helen of Troy (2003).

-- Hercules: Power of the Gods (Documentary DVD).

-- The History Channel: Gods and Goddesses (Documentary DVD).

-- Jason and the Argonauts (1963).

-- Jason and the Argonauts (2000).

-- Monsters of Greek Mythology: A Video Introduction to Greek Mythology.

-- National Geographic - Beyond the Movie: Troy.

-- Oracle at Delphi.

-- Powerful Gods of Mt. Olympus.

-- Rome: Power & Glory DVD.

-- Secrets of Delphi.

-- The Greek Gods DVD.

-- Timeless Tales: Myths of Ancient Greece.

-- Troy - Myth or Reality? DVD.

-- Troy - The True Story of Love, Power, Honor & the Pursuit of Glory DVD.

-- Who's Who in Greek and Roman Mythology DVD.

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-- Adventures of the Greek Heroes.

-- Ancient Greek Mythology.

-- Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood: A Treasury of Goddess and Heroine Lore from Around the World.

-- Ancient Myth and Philosophy in Peter Russell's Agamemnon in Hades.

-- Ancient Roman Mythology.

-- Apollo: Origins and Influence.

-- Apollo the Wolf-God.

-- Apollonius Rhodius's Argonautika: The Story of Jason and the Argonauts.

-- Approaches to Greek Myth.

-- Bulfinch's Mythology.

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-- Centaurs and Amazons.

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-- Classical Myth.

-- Classical Mythology: Images and Insights.

-- Cyclops.

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-- Daedalus and Icarus.

-- Daedalus and the Minotaur (Galloway, Priscilla, Tales of Ancient Lands).

-- Deities and Demons of the Far East (Myths of the World).

-- Dictionary of Classical Mythology.

-- Dictionary of Roman Religion.

-- Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths?: An Essay on the Constitutive Imagination.

-- Didyma: Apollo's Oracle Cult and Companions.

-- Draw Fantasy: Dragons, Centaurs, and Other Mythological Characters.

-- Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter.

-- Encyclopedia of Classic Mythology.

-- Favorite Greek Myths.

-- From the Deep Waters: Maidens of Myth and Mystery.

-- Gods and Heroes: Myths and Epics of Ancient Greece.

-- Encyclopedia of Classic Mythology.

-- Gods and Heroes; The Story of Greek Mythology.

-- Gods, Heroes and Men of Ancient Greece.

-- Greek and Egyptian Mythologies.

-- Greek and Roman Mythology A to Z: A Young Reader's Companion.

-- Greek Gods and Goddesses.

-- Greek Gods and Heroes.

-- Greek Myths.

-- Greek Myths: Gods, Heroes and Monsters: Their Sources, Their Stories and Their Meanings.

-- Greek Religion.

-- Heaven, Hell, and Hades; A Historical and Theological Survey of Personal Eschatology.

-- Heroes, Gods and Monsters of Greek Myths.

-- Hercules: The Wrath of Poseidon.

-- Hercules and the Maze of the Minotaur (Disney First Readers).

-- Himalayan Pantheon: A Guide to the Gods and Goddesses of Nepal.

-- Hindu Pantheon.

-- Hydra and Kraken, Or, the Lore and Lure of Lake-Monsters and Sea-Serpents.

-- Insight into the Ancient Mysteries (I.A.M.).

-- Jaina Iconography: Objects of Meditation and the Pantheon.

-- Jason and the Argonauts (Library of Myths and Legends Series).

-- Jason and the Golden Fleece.

-- Lord of the Sky: Zeus.

-- Lost Goddesses of Early Greece: A Collection of Pre-Hellenic Myths With a New Preface.

-- Mazes and Labyrinths: Their History and Development.

-- Medusa (Monsters of Mythology).

-- Medusa: Solving the Mystery of the Gorgon.

-- Mermaid Tales from Around the World.

-- Mermaids.

-- Mermaids Tales.

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-- Mythology.

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-- Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes.

-- Myths of Greece and Rome.

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-- Olympus.

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-- Orpheus and Greek Religion: A Study of the Orphic Movement.

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-- Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion (Mythos).

-- Simon & Schuster Book of Greek Gods and Heroes.

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-- The Ancient Greeks: In the Land of the Gods (Peoples of the Past).

-- The Argonautika: The Story of Jason and the Quest for the Golden Fleece.

-- The Bronze Cauldron: Myths and Legends of the World (Myths and Legends of the World).

-- The Centaur.

-- The Centaur (Supernatural & Occult Fiction).

-- The Chiron Dictionary of Greek & Roman Mythology.

-- The Classic Treasury of Bulfinch's Mythology.

-- The Deadly Power of Medusa.

-- The Dictionary of Classical Mythology.

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-- The Myth of Apollo and Marsyas in the Art of the Italian Renaissance.

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-- The Oresteia: Apollo & Bacchus.

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-- The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus: The Delphi Text 1988.

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-- Walking a Sacred Path: Rediscovering the Labyrinth As a Spiritual Tool.

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