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a painting of a man with an eagle on his back in the woods next to a river

The Sphinx is a mythical monster, which had the head of a human and the body of a lion. In Greek mythology, it has the head of a human, the haunches of a lion, and sometimes the wings of a bird. The Sphinx was believed to be the child of Orthrus, a great monstrous two-headed hound who is also the brother of Cerberus, the guardian of the Underworld. It is said to be one of the most intelligent beings on Earth to the point where humans have regarded them as being nigh-omniscient. Their...

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A sphinx is a mythical creature with the body of a lion, most often with a human head and sometimes with wings. The creature was an Egyptian invention and had a male head - human or animal; however, in ancient Greek culture the creature had the head of a woman.

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