# Sphinx — Poetry character guide

> Sphinx in Poetry by Oscar Wilde.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** False Sphinx

**First appearance:** 0127-the-sphinx

## Who they are

A mythical creature with a human head and lion's body, from Greek myth.

## In the story

### [The Grave of Shelley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/the-grave-of-shelley)

Imagined as a grim warder lurking in the pyramid near the grave.

### [The Sphinx](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/the-sphinx)

The central figure of the poem, a silent and immortal creature addressed by the speaker.

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