# Sphinx — Oedipus Rex character guide

> Sphinx in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the riddling Sphinx, the Sphinx

**First appearance:** 0002-oedipus-rex

## Who they are

Monster whose riddle Oedipus solved, becoming king of Thebes.

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