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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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- Who is Sphinx?
- 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?
- Which mythology does Sphinx belong to?
- Sphinx belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Sphinx appear in?
- Sphinx appears in Oedipus, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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