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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:mythological_figure
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gptkbp:asksRiddleTo
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travelers
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:Oedipus
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gptkbp:culturalSignificance
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gptkb:architecture
gptkb:art
gptkb:literature
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gptkbp:defeatedBy
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gptkb:Oedipus
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gptkbp:depictedIn
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creature with a lion's body and a human head
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gptkbp:diedIn
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suicide after Oedipus solves the riddle
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gptkbp:etymology
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from Greek 'sphingo', meaning 'to squeeze' or 'to bind'
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gptkbp:famousRiddle
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What walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening?
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gptkbp:gender
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female (Greek mythology)
male (Egyptian mythology)
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gptkbp:hasWings
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no (Egyptian mythology)
yes (Greek mythology)
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sphinx (mythology)
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gptkbp:killedBy
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gptkb:Oedipus
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gptkbp:mentionedIn
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gptkb:Hesiod's_Theogony
Sophocles' Oedipus Rex
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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guardian of temples and tombs
riddler
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gptkbp:origin
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gptkb:Ancient_Egypt
Ancient Greece
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gptkbp:parent
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Echidna (Greek mythology)
Typhon (Greek mythology)
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gptkbp:penalty
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those who cannot answer her riddle
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gptkbp:protectedBy
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entrance to Thebes
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Thebes
gptkb:Great_Sphinx_of_Giza
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gptkbp:symbolizes
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mystery
protection
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Sphinx_Hill
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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8
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