Sphinx
Sphinx, offspring of Typhon and Echidna
- sent by Hera to Thebes: Apollod. 3.5.7
- her riddle: Apollod. 3.5.7, Apollod. 3.5.8, Paus. 9.26.2
- the riddle read by Oedipus: Apollod. 3.5.8
- said to be pirate conquered by Oedipus, Paus. 9.26.2 or bastard daughter of Laius: Paus. 9.26.3 ff.
- the Sphinx kills herself: Apollod. 3.5.8
- on helmet of Athena: Paus. 1.24.5
- Sphinxes represented on throne of Apollo at Amyclae: Paus. 3.18.14, and on throne of Zeus at Olympia: Paus. 5.11.2