# Sphinx — The Inferno character guide

> Sphinx in The Inferno by August Strindberg.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Sphinx

**First appearance:** 0002-the-inferno

## Who they are

Mythical creature symbolizing mystery and the narrator's riddles.

## In the story

### [IV: The Fall and Paradise Lost](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/iv-the-fall-and-paradise-lost)

Addressed defiantly by the narrator after mailing his work: 'Listen, Sphinx, I have solved thy riddle, and defy thee!'

### [Extracts from My Journal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/extracts-from-my-journal)

The narrator mentions solving the riddle of the Sphinx as a metaphor for his scientific hubris.

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