I will let you pass safely," the Sphinx said, "if you can answer my riddle."

The Sphinx howled with rage.

Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz.

The Sphinx began to walk around him.

The Sphinx is the largest statue in Egypt.

Everybody called Mary "the Sphinx", because she always spoke in riddles.

Suddenly, the Sphinx raised its head.

The Sphinx had eaten hundreds of people on their way to the city of Thebes, because they could not answer the riddle the cunning Sphinx had asked them.

Really smart, that Sphinx!

This terrible monster was the Sphinx.