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GrecoRoman Gem with Oedipus and the Sphinx Walters . The Sphinx meaning strangler was savage creature with the head of woman the body of lion and the wings of bird sent by Hera to plague the city of Thebes Oedipus encountered her at the entrance to the city where she allowed none to enter or leave until they had correctly answered