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noun - an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret

noun - (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body

noun - one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians

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Egyptian statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man

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May 31 2016 Irish Times (Simplex)

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Many of these lion-bodied statues were found in ancient Egypt; the most famous is at Giza

Sphinxes description
A sphinx (Ancient Greek: [spíks], Boeotian: [píks], plural sphinxes or sphinges) is a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion. * In Greek tradition, it has the head of a human, the haunches of a lion, and sometimes the wings of a bird. It is mythicised as treacherous and merciless. Those who cannot answer its riddle suffer a fate typical in such mythological stories, as they are killed and eaten by this ravenous monster. This deadly version of a sphinx appears in the myth and drama of Oedipus. Unlike the Greek sphinx, which was a woman, the Egyptian sphinx is typically shown as a man (an androsphinx). In addition, the Egyptian sphinx was viewed as benevolent, but having a ferocious strength similar to the malevolent Greek version and both were thought of as guardians often flanking the entrances to temples.In European decorative art, the sphinx enjoyed a major revival during the Renaissance. Later, the sphinx image, something very similar to the original Ancie

Sphinxes description

A sphinx (Ancient Greek: [spíks], Boeotian: [píks], plural sphinxes or sphinges) is a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion.
* In Greek tradition, it has the head of a human, the haunches of a lion, and sometimes the wings of a bird. It is mythicised as treacherous and merciless. Those who cannot answer its riddle suffer a fate typical in such mythological stories, as they are killed and eaten by this ravenous monster. This deadly version of a sphinx appears in the myth and drama of Oedipus. Unlike the Greek sphinx, which was a woman, the Egyptian sphinx is typically shown as a man (an androsphinx). In addition, the Egyptian sphinx was viewed as benevolent, but having a ferocious strength similar to the malevolent Greek version and both were thought of as guardians often flanking the entrances to temples.In European decorative art, the sphinx enjoyed a major revival during the Renaissance. Later, the sphinx image, something very similar to the original Ancie

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