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Identifier: handbookofarchae00west (find matches)
Title: Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman
Year: 1867 (1860s)
Authors: Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884
Subjects: Art, Ancient Archaeology
Publisher: London, Bell and Daldy
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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The sphinx was an emblem of royalty, and the symbol ofintellectual and physical power. The sphinx was of three kinds—the Andro-Sphinx, with the head of a man and the body of a lion, MYTHOLOGY OF SCULPTURE. 151 denoting the union of intellectual and physical power; the Crio-Sphinx, with the head of a ram and the body of a lion; and theHieraco-Sphinx, with the same body and the head of a hawk. I heywere all types or representations of the king.
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The celebrated sphinx in front of the pyramids, in its originalstate, presented the appearance of an enormous couchant andro-sphinx with gigantic paws, between which was a miniature temple 152 HANDBOOK OF ARCHEOLOGY. with a platform, and flights of steps for approaching it, with othersleading down from the plain above, the head was formerly adornedwith the pschent. The whole is cut out of the solid rock, with the

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  • booksubject:Art__Ancient
  • booksubject:Archaeology
  • bookpublisher:London__Bell_and_Daldy
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