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πŸ‘€ Sphinx

  • <div data-attribute_names="{&quot;7140&quot;:{&quot;11292920&quot;:&quot;Aeschylus, &lt;span style=\&quot;font-style: italic;\&quot;&gt;Seven Against Thebes&lt;\/span&gt;&quot;,&quot;11328051&quot;:&quot;Pliny, &lt;span style=\&quot;font-style: italic;\&quot;&gt;Natural History&lt;\/span&gt;&quot;},&quot;11354&quot;:{&quot;11320770&quot;:&quot;Tragedy &amp; Satyr&quot;,&quot;11306421&quot;:&quot;Geography&quot;},&quot;7139&quot;:{&quot;10158451&quot;:&quot;Aeschylus&quot;,&quot;11328050&quot;:&quot;Pliny&quot;},&quot;11355&quot;:{&quot;11306417&quot;:&quot;Greek&quot;,&quot;11306424&quot;:&quot;Latin&quot;},&quot;11356&quot;:{&quot;11309899&quot;:&quot;Early Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)&quot;,&quot;11306420&quot;:&quot;Early Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)&quot;,&quot;11310589&quot;:&quot;Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)&quot;},&quot;6580&quot;:{&quot;8188815&quot;:&quot;🌍 Athens (Attica)&quot;},&quot;11408&quot;:{&quot;11328622&quot;:&quot;Aeschylus&quot;}}"><span title="Aeschylus, &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Seven Against Thebes&lt;/span&gt;" data-attribute_object_ids="[&quot;7140_11292920&quot;,&quot;11354_11320770&quot;,&quot;7139_10158451&quot;,&quot;11355_11306417&quot;,&quot;11356_11309899&quot;,&quot;6580_8188815&quot;,&quot;11408_11328622&quot;]"><span class="a type-6580" data-type_id="6580" data-object_id="11292133" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6580_11292133">🏺 the Shield of Parthenopaios</span></span><span title="Pliny, &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Natural History&lt;/span&gt;" data-attribute_object_ids="[&quot;7140_11328051&quot;,&quot;11354_11306421&quot;,&quot;7139_11328050&quot;,&quot;11355_11306424&quot;,&quot;11356_11306420&quot;,&quot;11356_11310589&quot;]"><span class="a type-6580" data-type_id="6580" data-object_id="11329620" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6580_11329620">πŸ›οΈ the Great Sphinx of Giza (Egypt)</span></span></div>
  • 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‘€ EchidnaπŸ‘€ TyphonπŸ‘€ Orthos (dog)πŸ‘€ the ChimairaπŸ‘€ Laios
    Kills
    πŸ‘€ Haimon (Theban)
    Dies at
    🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)🌍 Mount Phicion (Boiotia)
    Killed by
    πŸ‘€ Oedipus
    Related entities
    πŸ‘€ EchidnaπŸ‘€ TyphonπŸ‘€ Hera🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)πŸ‘₯ the MusesπŸ‘€ Haimon (Theban)🌍 Mount Phicion (Boiotia)πŸ‘€ IocasteπŸ‘€ OedipusπŸ‘€ the ChimairaπŸ‘€ Orthos (dog)πŸ‘€ the Nemean Lion🌍 Anthedon (Boiotia)πŸ‘€ LaiosπŸ‘€ Hades🏺 the Shield of ParthenopaiosπŸ‘€ CassandraπŸ‘₯ the SirensπŸ‘€ Cumaean Sibyl🏺 the Head of MedousaπŸ›οΈ the Great Sphinx of Giza (Egypt)
    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 DaviesπŸ“– 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 36.77
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryHesiod, TheogonyPausanias OedipodiaEuripides, Phoenician WomenAeschylus, Seven Against ThebesPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesCorinnaDiodoros, LibraryOvid, IbisLycophron, AlexandraSophocles, Oidipous TyrannosOvid, MetamorphosesPliny, Natural History
    Depictions
    🏺 the Shield of ParthenopaiosπŸ›οΈ the Great Sphinx of Giza (Egypt)
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