Greek mythology
Sphinx
The riddling monster who strangled all who failed her
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Group
- Monsters · Seer
- Appears in
- Oedipus
The Sphinx is a winged beast with a woman's face, a lion's body, and a serpent's tail, sent to plague Thebes. She poses her riddle to every traveler and devours all who answer wrong: what walks on four legs, then two, then three? Oedipus alone replies 'man,' and in defeat she hurls herself from her rock to her death.
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