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Categories: Archaeology, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Greek legendary creatures, Egyptian legendary creatures, Ancient Greek art

Sphinx Horem-Akhet Riddle of the Sphinx androsphinx Criosphinx

(Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon WordNet 3.0

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(Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A sphinx is a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle. Wikipedia

Mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Egyptian mythological creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion Wikidata

One of the many offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a winged lion-like creature with a woman's face, who commited suicide out of frustration after Oedipus managed to solve her riddles. Wiktionary

IS A

mythical monster

hybrid beasts in folklore

HAS PART

homo

lion

PART OF

Egyptian mythology

fontaine de la Pyramide

HAS KIND

Sphinx

sphinx