Greek Mythology: From The Iliad To The Fall Of The Last Tyrant

The Acropolis Museum

Acropolis Museum
This is a closer look at the face and wings of a sphinx. Although the sphinx is most noted as the trickster guardian of Thebes that Oedipus had to outwit, the image of the sphinx was very popular in ancient Greece in both statuary and pottery. (Mid-September 2006)
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