A sphinx in Greek Mythology is a mythical creature with the head of a human, the haunches of a lion, and the wings of a bird.
It is mythicised as treacherous and merciless. Those who cannot answer its riddle suffer a fate typical in such mythological stories, as they are killed and eaten by this ravenous monster. This deadly version of a sphinx appears in the myth and drama of Oedipus

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