Σφίγξ,ἡ, gen.Σφιγγός, Boeot.
φίξ,Φῑκός:—Sphinx,
A.
Φῖκ' ὀλοήν
Hes. Th. 326
(where the Boeot. formΦίξis given by Sch., cf. Pl. Cra. 414d ), cf. Apollod. 3.5.8 ; on the riddle of the S. guessed by Oedipus, Ath. 10.456b , Arg. S. OT , A. Frr. 235 - 7 , E. Ph. 1507 (anap.), cf. Sch. E. Ph. 45 , Str. 17.1.28 , 32 ; cf.ἀνδρόσφιγξ; σφίγγες καὶ γρῦπεςas ornaments of a precinct of Dionysus, Hdt. 4.79 ; Sphinxes on a shield, E. El. 471 (lyr.).
2. metaph. ofrapaciouspersons, Anaxil. 22 , Carm.Pop. 46.24 , 33 ;Μεγαρικαὶ ς.,
= πόρναι , Call. Com. 23 : also of thosewho speak riddles, Σφίγγ' ἄρρεν', οὐ μάγειρον
Strato Com. 1.1
;ἡ ἀφροσύνη . . ς. ἐστινCebes 3 .
II. a kind ofape, found in Ethiopia, Agatharch. 73 , Artem. ap. Str. 16.4.16 , Plin. HN 8.72 , Ael. NA 16.15 , and v. σφιγγίον