Greek Statue Sphinx on marble base Start Price USD 75.00 Current Price USD 75.00 Time Left 16 days 10 hours 53 minutes Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, October 26, 2008 End Time Saturday, January 24, 2009 Location Cleveland, Ohio See more about 'Greek Statue Sphinx on marble base' Description Greek Statue Sphinx on marble base Delphi Museum, Greece. 460 B.C.The Greek Sphinx had a woman's head, lion's body, serpent's tail and eagle's wings. Sent by Hera to punish Thebes for displeasing the Goddess, she settled on Mount Phicium, near the city and asked everyone who passed by to answer a riddle she had learned from the three Muses: "What being, with only one voice, has sometimes two feet, sometimes three, sometimes four and is weakest when it has the most?" Anyone unable to render the correct answer was immediately slain. One day Oedipus chanced along that road and guessed the answer: "Man, because he crawls on all four as an infant, stands firmly on his two feet in his youth and leans on a staff in his old age." Completely shattered by her defeat, the Sphinx threw herself from the mountain and Oedipus was acclaimed King. The people from the island of Naxos gave this sphinx to the city of Delphi as a gift to the oracle.ITEM NUMBER: G-054SITEM NAME: Greek SphinxSIZE: 9"H (23cm)ITEM TYPE: Statue on marble baseITEM MATERIAL: Casting stoneITEM FINISH: Antique stone finishStop by the store for more ancient Art. Place a Bid!