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Sphinx is a creature from Greek mythology ufffd with the head of a human and the body of a lion. In Greek mythology, it has a woman's head; she asks riddles and eats those who fail to answer.

The Greeks believed in a world that moves from chaos to order, hence they yearned for culture. Forces that opposed culture were depicted as creatures that were half human and half beasts, the monsters, who had to be defeated by Greek heroes