Sphinx of Naxos

3D Model

3D4Delphi Project

The Sphinx of Naxos, also Sphinx of the Naxians, now in the Archaeological Museum of Delphi, is a 2.20 meters tall marble statue of a sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a woman, the chest and wings composed of the impressive feathers of a prey bird turned upward, and the body of a lioness. The Sphinx stood on a 9.90 meters column that culminated in one of the first Ionic capital, and was erected next to the Temple of Apollo in Delphi, the religious center of Ancient Greece, in 560 B.C.

3D Model by Hellenic Mediterranean University.

The rights over the depicted monuments, which are under the jurisdiction of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Fokida, belong to the Ministry of Culture and Sports (Law 4858/2021).

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