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ID: 901000099 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000099 | Record Type: Religion/Mythology/Legend |
Sphinx (Greek monster) | ||
Note: Legendary character, the omniscient being who posed a riddle no man but Oedipus could answer. A hybrid monster, usually described as having the head of a woman and the winged body of a lion, which infested Thebes until the riddle it propounded was solved by Oedipus. | |
Sphinx (Greek monster) (preferred,b,English-P,D,N) | |
Winged Sphinx of Boeotian Thebes (Greek monster) (f,English,U,N) | |
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P) | ||
....<Greek iconography> (P) | ||
........<Greek characters> (G) | ||
............Sphinx (Greek monster) (I) | ||
associated with .... Oedipus, King of Thebes | |
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Oedipus, King of Thebes (Greek character)) [901000098] |
role/characteristic is .... sphinxes | |
.....(legendary beings, Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style) | |
.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
Sphinx (Greek monster) | |
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) | |
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 94T33 Oedipus and the sphinx | |
Winged Sphinx of Boeotian Thebes (Greek monster) | |
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) | |
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) | |
................ Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus#/media/File:IngresOdipusAndSphinx.jpg | |
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