Σφίγξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, gen. [[Σφιγγός]], Boeot. φίξ, [[Φῑκός]]:—<span class="title">Sphinx</span>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> Φῖκ' ὀλοήν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>326</span> (where the Boeot. form [[Φίξ]] is given by Sch., cf. <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Cra.</span>414d</span>), cf. <span class="bibl">Apollod.3.5.8</span>; on the riddle of the S. guessed by Oedipus, <span class="bibl">Ath.10.456b</span>, Arg.S.<span class="title">OT</span>, A.<span class="title">Frr.</span>235-7, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1507</span> (anap.), cf. Sch.<span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>45</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.17.1.28</span>,<span class="bibl">32</span>; cf. [[ἀνδρόσφιγξ]]; σφίγγες καὶ γρῦπες as ornaments of a precinct of Dionysus, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.79</span>; Sphinxes on a shield, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>471</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph. of [[rapacious]] persons, <span class="bibl">Anaxil.22</span>, <span class="title">Carm.Pop.</span>46.24,33; [[Μεγαρικαὶ σφίγγες]] = [[πόρνη|πόρναι]], Call. Com.<span class="bibl">23</span>: also of [[those who speak riddles]], Σφίγγ' ἄρρεν', οὐ μάγειρον <span class="bibl">Strato Com.1.1</span>; ἡ [[ἀφροσύνη]]… σφίγξ ἐστιν Cebes <span class="bibl">3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> a kind of [[ape]], found in Ethiopia, <span class="bibl">Agatharch.73</span>, Artem. ap. <span class="bibl">Str.16.4.16</span>, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span> 8.72</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>16.15</span>, and v. [[σφιγγίον]] <span class="bibl">11</span>. (The form [[Φίξ]] connects the name with Mount [[Φίκιον]] in [[Boeotia]], cf. Sch.Hes. l.c., and is found in Plaut.<span class="title">Aul.</span>701, [[picis divitiis qui aureos montis colunt ego solus supero]] = [[I alone surpass in wealth the griffins who live in the Golden Mountains]]; cf. Non.p.222 L.; [[Βῖκας]] = [[Σφίγγας]], Hsch. ([[Σφίγξ]] may be a later form); [[Σφίξ]], gen. [[Σφικός]], Choerob. (Sophronius) <span class="bibl"><span class="title">in Theod.</span>p.400H.</span>) </span>