- Information
- monster that terrorises Thebes
- Rationalized form
- 👤 Sphinx (rationalized)
- Daughter of
- 👤 Echidna 👤 Laios 👤 Orthos (dog) 👤 Typhon 👤 the Chimaira
- Kills
- 👤 Haimon (Theban)
- Dies at
- 🌍 Mount Phicion (Boiotia) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)
- Killed by
- 👤 Oedipus
- Depictions
- 🌍 Athens (Attica) 🌍 Olympia (Elis) 🌍 the Acropolis of Athens (Athens)🌍 the Sanctuary of Zeus (Olympia) 🏺 the Shield of Parthenopaios💠 the Statue of Athena Parthenos (Athens)💠 the Temple of Athena Parthenos (Athens)💠 the Temple of Zeus (Olympia) 💠 the Throne of Olympian Zeus (Olympia) 🖌️ Attic Black-Figure Lekythos (CAMU Δ 56)🖌️ Wall paintings from Domus of the Gens Maxima, Pompeii (P-LOD r1-i9-p5-space-11)
- Related Entities
- 🌍 Anthedon (Boiotia) 🌍 Mount Phicion (Boiotia) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🏺 the Shield of Parthenopaios👤 Echidna 👤 Hades 👤 Haimon (Theban) 👤 Hera 👤 Iocaste 👤 Laios 👤 Oedipus 👤 Orthos (dog) 👤 Typhon 👤 the Chimaira 👤 the Nemean Lion 👥 the Muses 💠 the Statue of Athena Parthenos (Athens)💠 the Throne of Olympian Zeus (Olympia)
- Appears in
- 📜 Oedipodia fr. 1 Davies📜 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 526-560📜 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 742-790📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.8📜 Corinna fr. 672 PMG📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1019-1066📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1480-1581📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 32-54📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 784-830📜 Hesiod, Theogony 306-332📜 Ovid, Ibis 377-378📜 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 4📜 Pausanias 1.24.5📜 Pausanias 5.11.2📜 Pausanias 9.26.2-9.26.4
- Mentioned in Text
- OedipodiaAeschylus, Seven Against ThebesApollodoros, LibraryCorinnaEuripides, Phoenician WomenHesiod, TheogonyOvid, IbisPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesPausanias