Sphinx

Family: mythical · Role: riddling monster · First appears: Sophocles, King Oedipus — Scene 1

Life events

• Oedipus solves the Sphinx’s riddle and overcomes her.(Sophocles, King Oedipus — Scene 1 · 📍 Thebes)
  • With: Oedipus
  • “The Sphinx was making havoc of the noblest citizens, devouring all who failed to solve her riddle. But Oedipus succeeded and overcame her”

Sophocles, King Oedipus — Scene 1

• enemies with Oedipus “The Sphinx was making havoc of the noblest citizens, devouring all who failed to solve her riddle. But Oedipus succeeded and overcame her.”

Euripides, The Phœnician Virgins — Scene 9

• with Oedipus (Oedipus solved the Sphinx's enigma.) “That man am I, who mounted aloft to the victorious heavenly song, having solved the dark enigma of the virgin Sphinx.”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of Greek Tragedy. Made with Rho MD.