Φίξ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Φῑ́ξ • (Phī́x) f (genitive Φῑκός); third declension

  1. Boeotian form of Σφίγξ (Sphínx)
    • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 326–327
      ἣ δ᾽ ἄρα Φῖκ᾽ ὀλοὴν τέκε Καδμείοισιν ὄλεθρον
      Ὅρθῳ ὑποδμηθεῖσα Νεμειαῖόν τε λέοντα
      hḕ d᾽ ára Phîk᾽ oloḕn téke Kadmeíoisin ólethron
      Hórthōi hupodmētheîsa Nemeiaîón te léonta
      But then she, subdued by Orthus, gave birth to the ruinous Sphinx, a plague to the Cadmeans, and the Nemean lion

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