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Monsters & Creatures » Sphinx, the monster with the famous riddle » Pictures of Sphinx

Photo gallery of Sphinx (Sfinge), the monster with the famous riddle.
The Sphinx was a frightful monster who was spreading death to mankind with a cunning riddle

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Edipo e la Sfinge by Gustave Moreau, 1864 (New York, Metropolitan Museum of Modern Arts) Oedipus and the Theban Sphinx. Ca 450 BC. Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich Germany Statue of a seated Sphinx. On the head she wears a polos Statue of a Sphinx in Parian marble, found in Piraeus Statue of a Sphinx in Pentelic marble, found in the district of Spata in Athens Sphinx of the Naxians at the sanctuary of Delphi (570BC, Museum of Delphi) A sphinx ornamenting the helmet of Varvakeion <a href="/greek-gods/athena/">Athena</a>, the greek goddess of wisdom and skillful war. Miniature replica of the chryselephantine statue of Athena that was created by Phidias for the Parthenon. 2nd-3rd century AD, Athens Archaeological Museum. Oedipus seated on a rock, listening to the riddle of the Sphinx. Interior of a red figured Cylix, 470-460 BC , Vatican Museum

Sphinx, the monster with the famous riddle

Sphinx, the monster with the famous riddle


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