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What city is egypt's sphinx in?
Giza
What is the closest major city to the sphinx?
Giza
In which city is the sphinx located?
Giza necropolis
NEAR WHAT City is the sphinx located?
Cairo
How do you get to the Sphinx from Cairo?
The Sphinx and the Pyramids at Giza are on the outskirts of Cairo, south west of the city. Get a bus or taxi.
Where is the Giza Sphinx located?
New York City
How was thebes tortured by the sphinx?
The Sphinx comes to Thebes and forces the people to pay heavy taxes. This throws the city into famine and poverty until Oedipus is able to solve the Sphinx's riddle.
How did Oedipus bring the city of Thebes fortune in the book Oedipus Rex?
by answering the riddle of the sphinx and saving Thebes from the rule of the sphinx.
What city is the great sphinx in Egypt?
The Great Sphinx is located in Giza, Egypt, land of the pyramids.
How did Oedipus save the city andbecome king?
He answered the riddle of the Sphinx
What great service did Oedipus provide the city when he first arrived in thebes?
He answered the riddle of the Sphinx, thus freeing Thebes from the rule of the Sphinx and allowing Thebes to once again prosper.
Why does the Sphinx destroy Thebes in 'Oedipus Rex'?
The Sphinx does not destroy the city of Thebes in "Oedipus Rex."Specifically, the monster sets up camp outside the city and forces everyone coming and going to answer a seemingly unanswerable riddle. Those who have no answer are killed by her. But Oedipus comes along and solves the riddle before the Sphinx can devour every last Theban or destroy the city.
