Sphinx

A Sphinx is an iconic image of a recumbent lion with the head of a ram, bird, or human, invented by the Egyptians of the Old Kingdom, but a cultural import in archaic Greek mythology, where it received its name (Greek Σφιγξ, "strangler"). The best known is the Great Sphinx of Giza.

sphinx 
mythological creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion
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  • 8th century BC
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Wikidata Q151480
Library of Congress authority ID: sh85126609
NDL Authority ID: 00575777
BNCF Thesaurus ID: 14983
NL CR AUT ID: ph700528
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810577546705606
J9U ID: 987007565812205171
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Egyptian sphinxes

Middle East sphinxes

Greek sphinxes

Roman sphinxes

Post-antique sphinxes

Sphinxes in paintings

See also: Category:Sphinxes

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