Greek Funerary Sphinx

Mark Cartwright

by Mark Cartwright
published on 20 December 2014

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Greek Funerary Sphinx — A sphinx in pentelic marble, from a funerary stele, c. 570 BCE.

National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

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Mark Cartwright

Mark is WHE’s Publishing Director and has an MA in Political Philosophy (University of York). He is a full-time researcher, writer, historian and editor. Special interests include art, architecture and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share.

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