Persian sphinx

A Persian Sphinx beside a flower, from the ancient city of Persepolis.

Assyrian sphinx

Assyrian Lamassu dated 721 BCE 

Sphinx of Hetepheres II

Queen Hetepheres II may have been one of the longest-lived members of the royal family of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt, which lasted from ca. 2723 to 2563 BC. She was a daughter of Khufu^[1] and was either born during the reign of her grandfather Sneferu or during the early years of her father's reign. She was named after her grandmother, Hetepheres I and she had an aunt named Hetepheres A. A fragmentary titulature found in the tomb of Meritites I may indicate that she was the mother of Hetepheres II.

Sphinxes of Amphipoli

The Tomb entry includes amazing works: a stone arch, an open Portal and two headless - wingless Sphinxes. In front of the Sphinxes [also called Chimera] there was a barrier wall of limestone blocks protecting the entry of this vast tomb. This protective wall concealed the tomb entry and the two guardian Sphinx figures.

Sphinx of Amenhotep III

"The ninth ruler of Dynasty XVIII, Amenhotep III is, with the possible exception of Ramesses II, the best attested and documented of all the pharaohs of Egypt. Often referred to with the appellation 'The Magnificent,' Amenhotep III inherited am empire that stretched from Napata, at the Fourth Cataract of the Nile in Nubia, to Kadesh in northern Syria; his influence covered a territory half again as large. Egypt traded and maintained diplomatic relations with most of the Mediterranean and Aegean world, as well as with Babylon, Assyria, Mittani and the Hittites." (From _The Encylopedia of the Egyptian Pharoahs_ by Darrell D. Baker, page 45)

Σφίγγα των Ναξίων

Η Σφίγγα των Ναξίων είναι άγαλμα κολοσσιαίου μεγέθους που έστειλε γύρω στο 560 π.Χ. η Νάξος ως προσφορά στο ιερό του Απόλλωνα και στο μαντείο των Δελφών. Το συνολικό του ύψος έφτανε σχεδόν τα 12,5 μέτρα, κατείχε περίοπτη θέση στο ιερό και εξέφραζε συμβολικά την πολιτική, οικονομική και καλλιτεχνική υπεροχή της Νάξου κατά την αρχαϊκή περίοδο. Βρέθηκε το 1861 κατά τη διάρκεια ανασκαφών και φυλάσσεται στο αρχαιολογικό μουσείο των Δελφών.

Great Sphinx of Giza

The Great Sphinx of Giza (Arabic: أبو الهول‎ Abū al-Haul, English: The Terrifying One; literally: Father of Dread), commonly referred to as the Sphinx, is a limestone statue of a reclining or couchant sphinx (a mythical creaturewith a lion's body and a human head) that stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The face of the Sphinx is generally believed to represent the face of the Pharaoh Khafra.

It is the largest monolith statue in the world, standing 73.5 metres (241 ft) long, 19.3 metres (63 ft) wide, and 20.22 m (66.34 ft) high.^[1] It is the oldest known monumental sculpture, and is commonly believed to have been built by ancient Egyptians of the Old Kingdom during the reign of the Pharaoh Khafra (c. 2558–2532 BC).

Ορισμοί sphinx

Ορισμοί sphinx

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a winged monster of Thebes, having a woman's head and a lion's body. It propounded a riddle about the three ages of man, killing those who failed to solve it, until Oedipus was successful, whereupon the Sphinx committed suicide.