In Greek mythology the Sphinx had a lion's body, legs and claws, a snake's tail, eagle's wings and a woman's head. The story says that she sat at the door of the ancient city of Thebes to guard it. To go into the city people had to answer the Sphinx's question. If they go...
1. **The Sphinx was a real animal. no...** - The text states that the Sphinx existed in mythology, which means it was a mythical creature, not a real animal. - **Therefore, the answer is No.** 2. **She had bird's wings.** - The text describes the Sphinx as having eagle'...
In Greek mythology, thesphinxwas considered to be a woman. One sphinx was only considered to exist in Greek mythology; she was the daughter ofOrthus, and eitherEchidnaorChimera. Apart from the human head and the body of the lion, she also had the wings of an eagle and the tail of a ...
The Sphinx sometimes appears in Greek mythology as a monster with a woman's head and breasts, dog's body, lion's paws, wings of an eagle, and the tail of the serpent-who questioned Oedipus. Egypt To the ancient Egyptians, the Great Sphinx symbolically represented the Nile and its season...
Nobody knows its original name. Sphinx is the human-headed lion in ancient Greek mythology; the term likely came into use some 2,000 years after the statue was built. There are hundreds of tombs at Giza with hieroglyphic inscriptions dating back some 4,500 years, but not one mentions the...
可知人面狮身像的高度是20米,故答案为:20 meters /It's 20 meters high.(2)No,it wasn't.推理判断题.根据In Greek mythology, the Sphinx was considered as a woman.可知在埃及神话中,人面狮身像被视为女性,所以应该对该问句作否定回答,故答案为:No,it wasn't.(3)At the city gate./ At the gate...
In these myths, gods, ghosts (鬼魂). and monkeys have human feelings. Ancient people in the west also created myths. In Greek mythology. there were also many monsters. One was called the Sphinx. She had a woman's face and a lion's body. Also, she had two wings. She always asked ...
1.pl.sphinx·esorsphin·ges(sfĭn′jēz′) a.MythologyA figure in Egyptian myth having the body of a lion and the head of a man, ram, or hawk. b.oftenSphinxGreek MythologyA winged creature having the head of a woman and the body of a lion, noted for killing those who could not...
SPHINXES (Mythology)OEDIPUS (Greek mythology)GREEK literatureTALE (Literary form)ANCIENT (Literary period)The article explores the association between the riddle of the Sphinx and Oedipus, the mythical Greek king of Thebes. It highlights the importance of riddles in folk-tales. It also cites the ...
In Greek mythology, the sphinx was a half-woman, half-lion creature that guarded the gates of Thebes, an ancient Egyptian city. A scourge fell upon the land that could be lifted only by solving a riddle posed by the sphinx: What begins life on four legs, lives most of its life on ...