Sphinx
A beast with the body of a lioness, the head of a woman, and the wings of an eagle.
Genealogy
Eagle, Immortal Dragon, Cadmean Vixen, The Chimera, Nemean Lion, Orthus, Phaea
Places
Events
- Hera sends the Sphinx to Thebes
- Sphinx learns a riddle from the Muses
- Sphinx asks her riddle of the Thebans, eating those who give the wrong answer
- Oracle tells Thebans they will be free of the Sphinx when they solve her riddle
- Haemon dies answering the Sphinx incorrectly
- Creon offers Jocasta and the kingdom to the whoever solves the riddle of the Sphinx
- Oedipus solves the riddle of the Sphinx
- Sphinx throws herself from the citadel
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