MYTHOLOGY
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Object type:Painting
Medium:Oil on canvas
Author:Gustave Moreau
Location:Metropolitan Museum
of Art
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It is believed that the Sphinx
was a female monster which was attributed woman face and lion chest, legs and
tail. She also had wings like a bird of prey. In Greek mythology, the Sphinx
was a demon of destruction and bad luck and she used to be represented with
woman face, lion body and bird wings.
Hesiod is the first one to
refer to the sphinx in his Theogony.
According to him, she is daughter of Chimaerea and Orthrus ,the terrible
brother of Cerberus..
Lasus of Hermione does not
share the same opinion. He says that the Sphinx is the daughter of Echidna, the
beautiful nymph with tail of snake, and Typhon´s daughter..
Most writers recognise the
sphinx divine origin.
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Object type:Sculpture
Author:Artists of Attica
Location: National
Archaeological Museum
in Athens
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According to Apolodoro, Sphinx
was a monster with woman face and breast;
lion legs; dog body; dragon tail
and bird wings.
Statius describes the sphinx as
pale, with its mouth full of poison, eyes like burning coals and wings always
blood stained.
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Object type:Sculpture
Author:People of Naxos Island
Location:Delphi Archaeological
Museum
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MEANING
To be
or look like a Sphinx
- To have a cold and mysterious
attitude,without showing what one thinks or feels.
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Object type:Painting
Author:Oedipus Painter
Location:Vatican Museum
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Object type:Painting
Medium:Oil on canvas
Author:François-Xavier Fabre
Location:Dahesh Museum of Art
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Object type:Painting
Medium:Oil on canvas
Author:Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Location:Louvre Museum
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