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What was the role of the Sphinx in Greek mythology?
The Sphinx was a very famous icon, especially in Greek mythology. The Sphinx is known as a female monster which has the body of a lion, the head of a woman, eagle wings and serpent tale. The role of the Sphinx was to reign terror on a town.
What does the Greek word Sphinx mean?
A sphinx is a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion.
Who was the hero who anwsered the riddle of the sphinx in greek heries?
The hero who answered the riddle of the Sphinx in Greek mythology was Oedipus. The Sphinx posed the riddle, "What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?" Oedipus correctly answered "Man," referring to the stages of human life. His success in solving the riddle led to the Sphinx's defeat and the liberation of Thebes.
The body of the Egyptian Sphinx was based on which animal?
The Egyptian Sphinx has the body of a lion and the head of a human. In Greek mythology, the Sphinx was a demon with a form like a winged lion with a woman's head, though sometimes she was depicted with a lion's paws, claws and breasts of a lion, a serpent's tail and the wings of an eagle. The Greek Sphinx was intelligent and terrorized an entrance to the city of Thebes, refusing passage - killing people - unless her riddle was solved. The hero odepius answear the question and the sphinx killed itself
Is the griffin a creature from Greek mythology?
To answer your question, no, there is not a griffin known to the Greek Gods. Although, the closest thing to a Griffin is a Sphinx. A Sphinx is a monster with the body of a huge lion and the head of a woman. It's huge paws have claws like stainless steel.
Is the riddle of the sphinx greek or Egyptian?
Greek.
Who was a Sphinx?
Sphinx is a fictitious being in the ancient Egyptian and Greek mythology. It had a lion's body and a human head. In the Greek tradition Sphinx had a woman's head and breast.
What was the role of the Sphinx in Greek mythology?
The Sphinx was a very famous icon, especially in Greek mythology. The Sphinx is known as a female monster which has the body of a lion, the head of a woman, eagle wings and serpent tale. The role of the Sphinx was to reign terror on a town.
What kind of habitat does the Sphinx live in?
ask the Sphinx?
What was the greek mythicl creature that had a riddle?
the Sphinx
What does the Greek word Sphinx mean?
A sphinx is a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion.
Who face is on the Sphinx?
it is to have been believed that Pharaoh Khufu's (Greek: Cheops) face was on The Great Sphinx.
Who is buried in the sphinx?
There is no evidence that anyone did live inside the Sphinx, and no proof there is an inside where anyone could live.
What greek hero answered the riddle of the sphinx?
Oedipus :)))))
The greek hero who answered the riddle of the sphinx?
Oedipus
Greek hero who anwsered the riddle of the sphinx?
Oedipus
Where did the word sphinx come from?
The word "Sphinx" came from the greek language, there is a similar creature with the wings of a bird, the body of a tiger and the face of a women, and they called it the sphinx
