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Delphi Museum,
Greece. 460 B.C.
The Greek Sphinx had
a woman's head,
lion's body,
serpent's tail and
eagle's wings. Sent
by Hera to punish
Thebes for
displeasing the
Goddess, she settled
on Mount Phicium,
near the city and
asked everyone who
passed by to answer a
riddle she had
learned from the
three Muses: "What
being, with only one
voice, has sometimes
two feet, sometimes
three, sometimes four
and is weakest when
it has the most?"
Anyone unable to
render the correct
answer was
immediately slain.
One day Oedipus
chanced along that
road and guessed the
answer: "Man, because
he crawls on all four
as an infant, stands
firmly on his two
feet in his youth and
leans on a staff in
his old age."
Completely shattered
by her defeat, the
Sphinx threw herself
from the mountain and
Oedipus was acclaimed
King. The people from
the island of Naxos
gave this sphinx to
the city of Delphi as
a gift to the oracle.
SIZE: 9"H (23cm)
ITEM TYPE: Statue on
marble base
ITEM MATERIAL:
Casting stone
ITEM FINISH: Antique
stone finish
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Product Details: NAME: Greek Sphinx TYPE: Reproduction MANUFACTURER: Shop SKU: G-54
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