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.

Names:

	Sphinx (Greek monster) (preferred,b,English-P,D,N)
	Winged Sphinx of Boeotian Thebes (Greek monster) (f,English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Sphinx (Greek monster) (I)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Oedipus, King of Thebes
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Oedipus, King of Thebes (Greek character)) [901000098]

Other Relationships:

	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)

Sources:

	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-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus#/media/File:IngresOdipusAndSphinx.jpg