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  2. Sphinx of Naxos - Wikipedia

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    The Sphinx of Naxos, also Sphinx of the Naxians, now in the Archaeological Museum of Delphi, is a 2.22 meter 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.

  3. Naxian marble - Wikipedia

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    Modern sphinx statue in front of the city council buildings of Naxos city. The marble's creation is owed to high level metamorphic processes in a contact zone with dome-like bulges of migmatite. [1] The two types of stone alternate in layers and the marble has a thickness of up to 30 metres in old fissures.

  4. Promanteia - Wikipedia

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    According to the 4th century BCE inscription at the base of the Sphinx of the Naxians in Delphi, the Naxians (inhabitants of Naxos) had "Promanteia". The Naxos Sphinx inscription in Delphi offering Promanteia to the Naxians. Promanteia was the privilege, bestowed upon cities or individuals by the Oracle of Delphi, to ask the Pythia in priority. [1]

  5. Potaissa Sphinx statue - Wikipedia

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    The Potaissa Sphinx is a remarkable bronze statue from the 3rd century, originating in Potaissa, a settlement within the former Roman province of Dacia. This sculpture exhibits striking similarities to the renowned Naxos Sphinx , a masterpiece from 560 BC now housed in the Delphi Archaeological Museum .

  6. Naxos - Wikipedia

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    Naxos (/ ˈ n æ k s ɒ s,-s oʊ s /; Greek: Νάξος, pronounced) is a Greek island and the largest of the Cyclades.It was the centre of the archaic Cycladic culture.The island is famous as a source of emery, a rock rich in corundum, which until modern times was one of the best abrasives available.

  7. Delos - Wikipedia

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    (A Greek sphinx is in the Delos Museum.) Today, only seven of the original lions remain. The Oikos of the Naxians (House of the Naxians), first quarter of sixth century BC, has a long hall with one central ionic colonnade, a west porch tristyle in antis, and an east marble prostasis of the middle of the sixth century BC. [18]

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  9. Category:Marble sculptures in Greece - Wikipedia

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