1009NOTSphinx

1009NOTSphinx_Rowling

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ClCv241

Mastery

MythMatters

Aopollod. Lib. 3.7
Hes. Theog. 326

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. 2000: Bloomsbury.

The Sphinx is one of obstacles Harry must pass in order to complete the third task of the Triwizard Tournament. In order to get past her, he must answer the following riddle:

"First think of the person who lives in disguise, Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend,

The middle of middle and end of the end?

And finally give me the sound often heard, During the search for a hard-to-find word. Now string them together and answer me this,

Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?"

Illustration by Mary Granpre

Slide by CB

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300 - 1990's, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University press.
Address concerns or inquiries to macfarlane@byu.edu.