Sphinx

ca. 540 BCE (Archaic) 3 in. (7.6 cm) Citation Source image

In Greek art, the sphinx was represented as a winged monster with a lion's body and a woman's head. According to the legend of Oedipus, the sphinx devoured men who failed to solve her riddle. Associated with the underworld, she was also a tomb guardian and a protector. During...

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10370
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Jean P. Lambros Collection Sale, Athens, 1912, no. 208; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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