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Post  Vincent Law Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:23 am

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Throughout ancient history, the sphinx was revered as both powerful and wise. The sphinx of Greek history was half lion, half woman and she devoured those who failed to answer her question correctly.

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Post  Jaz Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:30 am

What is the "Netherworld"?

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Post  Vincent Law Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:29 pm

"Netherworld" is often used as a synonym for "Underworld":
The Underworld is a region which is thought to be under the surface of the earth in some religions and in mythologies. It could be a place where the souls of the recently departed go, and in some traditions it is identified with Hell or the realm of death. In other traditions, such as animism, it could be seen as the place from which life appears to have originated (such as plant life, water, etc.) and to which life must return at life's end, with no negative undertones. In some slang, the Underworld can be a term for the criminal groups of an area.
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Post  Vincent Law Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:34 pm

If you cannot answer the first questions, may the ESL Sphinx spare your life pale ... until the next question!

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The Sphinx, creature with the head and chest of a woman, body of a lion and wings of a bird. It was sent by the goddess Hera as a curse on Thebes. The Sphinx guarded the pass to the city, asking any traveler who want to pass a riddle (‘what goes’ on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and upon three legs in the evening ' ). If they can't answer, consider themselves lunch. This Sphinx is not to be confused with Egyptian Sphinx (they were the protector's of the pyramids at Giza and scourge of the Sun-god Ra)…


So... Neutral ... "what goes’ on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and upon three legs in the evening?"
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Post  محمد شومان Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:50 pm

humans walk on 4 when they are baby and on 2 when young and on legs + stick when old

but really what is they built them
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Post  Vincent Law Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:52 pm

Exactly! Thank you Surprised

This is the classic Riddle of the Sphinx; the Sphinx at Thebes posed the riddle to travelers; if they failed to solve it, they were killed, if they answered it correct the Sphinx would kill itself; Oedipus answered it correctly
It is from Greek Mythology.
The answer is a human.
At the beginning of life (the morning) he crawls as a baby on all fours. During the middle of his life he walks on two legs (noon) and at the end of his life (the night) he walks with a cane (three legs). The cane is an ancient symbol representing knowledge according to Egyptian belief.
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Post  محمد شومان Tue Feb 07, 2012 5:54 pm

so iam not going to be killed
thx u
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Post  Vincent Law Wed Feb 08, 2012 2:46 am

No friend, you won't be killed this time, until the next question Wink ...
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Post  Vincent Law Wed Feb 08, 2012 2:50 am

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The word sphinx comes from the Greek Σφίγξ, apparently from the verb σφίγγω (sphíngō), meaning "to squeeze", "to tighten up".This name may be derived from the fact that the hunters for a pride of lions are the lionesses, and kill their prey by strangulation, biting the throat of prey and holding them down until they die. The word sphincter derives from the same root. However, the historian Susan Wise Bauer suggests that the word "sphinx" was instead, a Greek corruption of the Egyptian name "shesepankh," which meant "living image," and referred rather to the statue of the sphinx, which was carved out of "living rock" (rock that was present at the construction site, not harvested and brought from another location), than to the beast itself.
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Post  Vincent Law Wed Feb 08, 2012 3:04 am

So the next question... affraid

How many Egyptian sphinx are they?

- 1?
- 3?
- 5?
- 12?


pale Will you be able to answer the question of the ESL Sphinx? pale

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Post  محمد شومان Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:34 pm

the most known is 1 called Abo El-hole
that what i know
in el geza beside the 3 peramids

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Post  Vincent Law Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:56 am

How many sphinxes are there built in Egypt?
There are hundreds of sphinxes in Egypt, including the number of sphinxes in the ancient Luxor temple, but only one 'Great Sphinx' which is at Giza.

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There are three types of sphinx.

The androsphinx, the typical lion with a human face/head
The criosphinx, a ram-headed lion.
The hierocosphonx has the body of a lion and the head of a hawk.

Rarely was the Egyptian sphinx portrayed as a female. When it was, it symbolized Isis and/or the reigning queen. In Egypt the intellectual faculties ennobled the bestial traits present in the physical makeup of this creature.

But, in early Greek mythology, the bestial nature warped the mind and spirit of this being and it was portrayed as an unhappy monster, a symbol of the 'terrible mother'; the monster of death bringing extreme bad luck and the perversion of the intellect, womanhood, and power.

The Greek sphinx had the bust and head of a lady, the wings of an eagle, the body and legs of a lioness, and the tail of a snake or dragon. Sometimes it was portrayed with the body of a bull and the legs of a lion. Like many other fabulous beasts, the Greek sphinx was thought to live in the Ethiopian mountains.

The Assyrian sphinx looked quite different from the Egyptian one. It had a human head, wings, and the parts of a bull and a lion. Sometimes it had five legs instead of the usual four.

The Roman sphinx was a simple solar symbol.

Nomadic Arabs, coming across the Great Sphinx in the Egyptian desert, referred to it as the "Father of Terrors."
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