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πŸ‘€ Sphinx

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  • Information
    monster that terrorises Thebes
    Rationalized form
    πŸ‘€ Sphinx (rationalized)
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q151480
    PALP
    http://palp.art/browse/sphinx
    Digital LIMC
    https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/uum7tRtXTbu94UL_0fdWmwF
    Gender
    Female
    Appearance and powers
    Has hybrid form
    Death
    Dies by suicideDeath is narrated
    Daughter of
    πŸ‘€ Echidna monstrous serpentπŸ‘€ Typhon son of GeπŸ‘€ Orthos (dog) Geryon's two-headed guard dogπŸ‘€ the Chimaira fire-breathing monsterπŸ‘€ Laios father of Oedipus
    Kills
    πŸ‘€ Haimon (Theban) son of Creon
    Dies at
    🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia🌍 Mount Phicion (Boiotia) mountain in Boiotia near Thebes, home of the Sphinx
    Killed by
    πŸ‘€ Oedipus son of Laios and Iocaste
    Related entities
    πŸ‘€ Echidna monstrous serpentπŸ‘€ Typhon son of GeπŸ‘€ Hera Olympian goddess🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in BoiotiaπŸ‘₯ the Muses personifications of poetry and musicπŸ‘€ Haimon (Theban) son of Creon🌍 Mount Phicion (Boiotia) mountain in Boiotia near Thebes, home of the SphinxπŸ‘€ Iocaste mother and wife of OidipousπŸ‘€ Oedipus son of Laios and IocasteπŸ‘€ the Chimaira fire-breathing monsterπŸ‘€ Orthos (dog) Geryon's two-headed guard dogπŸ‘€ the Nemean Lion invulnerable lion🌍 Anthedon (Boiotia) harbor in BoiotiaπŸ‘€ Laios father of OedipusπŸ‘€ Hades Underworld godπŸ‘€ Cassandra a prophet never believed, daughter of Priam and HecabeπŸ‘₯ the Sirens encountered by OdysseusπŸ‘€ Cumaean Sibyl prophet in Cumae🏺 the Head of Medousa cut off by Perseus
    Mentioned by
    πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 3.5.8πŸ“– Hesiod, Theogony 306-332πŸ“– Pausanias 1.24.5πŸ“– Pausanias 9.26.2-9.26.4πŸ“– Pausanias 5.11.2πŸ“– Oedipodia fr. 1 Davies = fr. 3 WestπŸ“– Euripides, Phoenician Women 32-54πŸ“– Euripides, Phoenician Women 784-830πŸ“– Euripides, Phoenician Women 1019-1066πŸ“– Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 526-560πŸ“– Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 742-790πŸ“– Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 4πŸ“– Corinna fr. 672 PMGπŸ“– Euripides, Phoenician Women 1480-1581πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.64.1-4.64.4πŸ“– Ovid, Ibis 377-378πŸ“– Lycophron, Alexandra 1-19πŸ“– Lycophron, Alexandra 1461-1474πŸ“– Sophocles, Oidipous Tyrannos 1-57πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.759-7.795πŸ“– Pliny, Natural History 36.77πŸ“– D-Scholia, Odyssey 11.271
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryHesiod, TheogonyPausanias OedipodiaEuripides, Phoenician WomenAeschylus, Seven Against ThebesPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesCorinnaDiodoros, LibraryOvid, IbisLycophron, AlexandraSophocles, Oidipous TyrannosOvid, MetamorphosesPliny, Natural HistoryD-Scholia, Odyssey
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    AndrotionHomer, Odyssey
    Mentioned in citation of
    πŸ“– Androtion FGrHist 324 fr. 62πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 11.271-11.280
    Depictions
    🎨 Attic Black-Figure Lekythos (CAMU Ξ” 56)🎨 Wall Paintings from Private Dwelling IX 2, 18, Pompeii (PALP r9-i2-p18-space-f)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa dei Cubicoli Floreali I 9, 5, Pompeii (PALP r1-i9-p5-space-11)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa dei Vasi di Vetro VI 5, 5, Pompeii (PALP r6-i5-p5-space-12)🎨 Levantine Lead Sarcophagus (MUHM MU4199)🎨 Attic Red-Figure Lekythos attributed to the Achilles Painter (NGV D394-1980; Beazley 213911; LIMC Oidipous 23)🏺 the Shield of ParthenopaiosπŸ›οΈ the Great Sphinx of Giza (Egypt)
    Reported depictions
    🎨 Cult Statue of Athena Parthenos, Athens, by Pheidias (LIMC Aigeus 43)🎨 Cult Statue of Zeus at Olympia by Pheidias (LIMC Zeus 89)
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