Scaife ATLAS

Σφίγξ Σφίγξ, Σφιγγός, Sphinx, a she-monster, Hes.; in Trag. represented as proposing a riddle to the Thebans, and murdering all who failed to guess it; Oedipus guessed it, and she thereupon killed herself. (Prob. form σφίγγω, the throttler.)

ShortDef

Sphinx

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Headword:

Σφίγξ

Headword (normalized):

σφίγξ

Headword (normalized/stripped):

σφιγξ

IDX:

31899

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n31935

Key:

*sfi/gc

Data

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