Sphinx sculpture from Delphi - ancient Greek reproduction - pure bronze statue

Item Specifics

Condition: New, Made in Greece.
Material: Pure Bronze
Height: 15,5 cm - 6,1 inches
Width: 10,5 cm - 4,13 inches
Length: 3 cm - 1,18 inches
Weight: 116 g

A sphinx is a mythical creature with, as a minimum, the body of a lion and a human head.
In Greek tradition, it has the haunches of a lion, sometimes with the wings of a great bird, and the face of a human. It is mythicised as treacherous and merciless.
Those who cannot answer its riddle suffer a fate typical in such mythological stories, as they are killed and eaten by this ravenous monster.
Bronze high quality reproduction.