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👤 Sphinx

  • <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 class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-11352" data-type_id="11352" data-object_id="11321469" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-11352_11321469">🎨 Cult Statue of Athena Parthenos, Athens, by Pheidias (LIMC Aigeus 43)</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-11352" data-type_id="11352" data-object_id="11321475" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-11352_11321475">🎨 Cult Statue of Zeus at Olympia by Pheidias (LIMC Zeus 89)</span>
  • Information
    monster that terrorises Thebes
    Rationalized form
    👤 Sphinx (rationalized)
    Daughter of
    👤 the Chimaira 👤 Echidna 👤 Laios 👤 Typhon 👤 Orthos (dog)
    Kills
    👤 Haimon (Theban)
    Dies at
    🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 Mount Phicion (Boiotia)
    Killed by
    👤 Oedipus
    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📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.759-795
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, LibraryHesiod, TheogonyLycophron, Alexandra OedipodiaPausaniasCorinnaEuripides, Phoenician WomenAeschylus, Seven Against ThebesPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesOvid, IbisOvid, Metamorphoses
    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🎨 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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