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Sphinx
1. A sphinx is
a fabled monster. It has a human head and a lion's body.
In ancient Egypt, where the idea
originated, the head was usually a portrait of the reigning pharaoh. It also represented
the sky-god Horus. The Egyptians always pictured their kings as calm and stately, with
wide-open, staring eyes. The lion's body symbolizing courage is crouched
with its front feet outstretched.
From Egypt the idea of the
sphinx spread to the Syrians and Phoenicians and finally to the Greeks.
These peoples gave the creature the head and bust of a woman. They added an eagle's wings
to represent majesty and a long serpent's tail to indicate wiliness. In later Greek
literature the sphinx was no monster, but a beautiful, wise, and mysterious woman.
According to a legend this monster put a riddle to all those who passed by and devoured
those who failed to guess it. After many had died in this way, the Theban hero Oedipus
answered the riddle correctly and so caused the monster's death.
2. The Great Sphinx
at Giza gazes across the Nile, to the east. It was carved from a solid block of stone in
about 2,600 BC, and it is 187 ft long. The head and bust were carved from a solid block of
rock left in a quarry from which stone was taken for the Great Pyramid.
The paws were built up with stone. It is thought that a temple stood between the legs and
that Egyptians came here to worship the rising sun. The sacrificial altar that is now
located between the paws was built by the Romans.
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