Attica (Greece), acquired in 1865Marble, 410 – 400 BC Since the Archaic period, sphinxes appear as symbolic guardians on funerary monuments. These hybrid creatures – winged lions with a human head – were adopted by the Greeks from the Near East in the seventh century BC. Other motifs of eastern origin, such as sirens bewailing death, enjoyed equal popularity.

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