The Sphinx in Relation to Oedipus by Danielle Cardone

Physical Characteristics

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*Hybrid Creature

-Woman's head/breast

-Lion's body

-Eagle's wings

-Serpent headed tail

Significance

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*Sent to Thebes to curse this town from an old crime.

*Caused fear and terror over townspeople by demanding an answer to her riddle.

*She destroyed anyone who could not solve her riddle.

Link to Oedipus

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*Oedipus answered The Sphinx's correctly.

-The Sphinx killed herself and Oedipus inherited the throne of Thebes.

*The riddle was "What walks on four feet in the morning, 2 feet in the afternoon, and 3 at night?"

-Oedipus answered, "Man, because as an infant he walks on four, as an adult he walks on 2, and in old age he uses a walking stick."

The Sphinx's Death

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An oracle declared the terms of the Sphinx's death and following

Oedipus success by correctly answering the riddle. The sphinx

complied to the oracle's prophecy and threw herself from

the mountainside.

Origin of the Sphinx

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The Sphinx came from the source of Khimaira.

The father of the Sphinx was Orthos.

Orthos was a serpant tailed two headed

dog. The Khimaira had a head of a lion

and a head of a goat and a serpent tail.

Sphinx Video

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The Sphinx's Resistance

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*The Sphinx would sit on Mount Phicium and chant the riddle, as she challenged people to solve her riddle.

*She stated that she would not leave unless someone solved her riddle.

*Therefore, Creon said that he would give Thebes and Jocasta in marriage to person who solved riddle.

-Creon was brother-in-law of Laius. Creon took power after Laius was murdered .

Citations

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"SPHINX : Woman-headed Lion, Labor Oedipus ; Greek Mythology ; Pictures : PHIX." SPHINX : Woman-headed Lion, Labor Oedipus ; Greek Mythology ; Pictures : PHIX. Theoi Project, 2011. Web. 16 Nov. 2014. <http://www.theoi.com/Ther/Sphinx.html>.

The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Sphinx (mythology)."Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, 2014. Web. 16 Nov. 2014. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/559722/sphinx>.

"Sphinx - Greek Mythology Link." Sphinx - Greek Mythology Link. Carlos Parada, 1997. Web. 17 Nov. 2014. <http://www.maicar.com/GML/Sphinx.html>.