- Information
- monster that terrorises Thebes
- Rationalized form
- 👤 Sphinx (rationalized)
- Daughter of
👤 Echidna monstrous serpent
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Hesiod, TheogonyEpicHesiodGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)HesiodEuripides, Phoenician WomenTragedy & SatyrEuripidesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica
Euripides👤 Typhon son of Ge
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Orthos (dog) Geryon's two-headed guard dog
Hesiod, TheogonyEpicHesiodGreekGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)Hesiod👤 the Chimaira fire-breathing monster
Hesiod, TheogonyEpicHesiodGreekGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)Hesiod👤 Laios father of Oedipus
PausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)
- Kills
👤 Haimon (Theban) son of Creon
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE) OedipodiaEpicEarly Archaic (ca. 700-620 BCE)Middle Archaic (ca. 620-560 BCE)Late Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)Geometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)
- Dies at
🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia
Euripides, Phoenician WomenTragedy & SatyrEuripidesGreekMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica
EuripidesApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Ovid, MetamorphosesEpicOvidLatin🌍 Mount Phicion (Boiotia) mountain in Boiotia near Thebes, home of the Sphinx
Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesMythography & HistoriographyPalaiphatosGreekLate Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)Early Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)
- Killed by
👤 Oedipus son of Laios and Iocaste
CorinnaCorinnaGreekEarly Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)Middle Hellenistic (ca. 220-150 BCE)Euripides, Phoenician WomenTragedy & SatyrEuripidesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica
Euripides
- Related Entities
- 👤 Cassandra 👤 the Chimaira 👤 Echidna 👤 Hera 👤 Hades 👤 Haimon (Theban) 👤 Iocaste 👤 Laios 👤 Typhon 👤 Orthos (dog) 👥 the Muses 👤 the Nemean Lion 👥 the Sirens 👤 Oedipus 🏺 the Head of Medousa 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 Mount Phicion (Boiotia) 🌍 Anthedon (Boiotia) 👤 Cumaean Sibyl
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.8 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1-19 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1461-1474 📖 Pausanias 1.24.5 📖 Pausanias 5.11.2 📖 Oedipodia fr. 1 Davies 📖 Pausanias 9.26.2-9.26.4 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 32-54 📖 Hesiod, Theogony 306-332 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 784-830 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1019-1066 📖 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 526-560 📖 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 742-790 📖 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 4 📖 Corinna fr. 672 PMG 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1480-1581 📖 Ovid, Ibis 377-378 📖 Sophocles, Oidipous Tyrannos 1-57 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.759-7.795 📖 Pliny, Natural History 36.77
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Library Hesiod, Theogony Lycophron, Alexandra Oedipodia Pausanias Corinna Euripides, Phoenician Women Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories Ovid, Ibis Ovid, Metamorphoses Sophocles, Oidipous Tyrannos Pliny, Natural History
- Depictions
- 🎨 Attic Black-Figure Lekythos (CAMU Δ 56) 🎨 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) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Private Dwelling IX 2, 18, Pompeii (PALP r9-i2-p18-space-f) 🎨 Levantine Lead Sarcophagus (MUHM MU4199) 🎨 Attic Red-Figure Lekythos attributed to the Achilles Painter (NGV D394-1980; Beazley 213911; LIMC Oidipous 23)
- Reported depictions
- 🏺 the Shield of Parthenopaios 🏛️ the Great Sphinx of Giza (Egypt) 🎨 Cult Statue of Athena Parthenos, Athens, by Pheidias (LIMC Aigeus 43) 🎨 Cult Statue of Zeus at Olympia by Pheidias (LIMC Zeus 89)