Sphinx+(Riddle+of)

=﻿ The sphinx(or Phix) was a female monster with a the body of a lion and a head of a woman,eagle wings and some say a serpent headed tail. She was sent by the gods to plague the town of Thebus as punishment for some ancient crime. She prayed upon youths, devouring anyone who failed to solve the riddle.Kreon the Monarch of Thebes, offered the throne to anyone who could destroy her.Oidipous accepted the callenge, and solved the Sphinxs riddle, she cast herself off a mountainside in despair.= __**Facts**__ __**The Riddle**__ what is it that has one voice, and is four-footed and two-footed and three-footed?
 * __The Sphinx﻿ __**
 * daughter of Ekhidna and Typhon
 * born in the country of Arim

"Sphinxes were popular in ancient art, especially as sculptural grave stele set upon the tombs of men who died in youth. Decorative sphinxes also appear in animal processions on archaic Greek vases, often alongside lions and bird-bodies sirens."The following info came from the first link listed below __**Links**__ []

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