sphinxes

On either side, this way is bordered by a row of statues, and these statues are in the form of what we call sphinxes -- that is to say, they have bodies shaped like crouching lions, and on the lion-body there is set the head of a different creature.

Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt James Baikie 1898

This author also describes the locusts, as generally used for food; the troglodytes; the rhinoceros; the cameleopard; what he calls sphinxes, but which are represented as tame, and are supposed to be apes, distinguished from the common ape in the face being smooth and without hair.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson William Stevenson 1784

Two sphinxes from the famous avenue adorn the terrace, and look down upon their half-buried companions in the sand-hollow below.

A Thousand Miles Up the Nile 1891

They had been dubbed sphinxes by some unknown being far back in history, though the term was not quite correct.

LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

They had been dubbed sphinxes by some unknown being far back in history, though the term was not quite correct.

LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

They had been dubbed sphinxes by some unknown being far back in history, though the term was not quite correct.

LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

To add an air of mystery, McKenzie brought in major decor elements inspired by the ancient world-giant golden Egyptian statues, such as sphinxes, the god Anubis, and a tall, distressed obelisk surrounded by a four-sided bar in the center of the 6,000-square-foot tent.

BizBash National News 2008

Inside the hall was an explosion of color, with golden images of sphinxes and lions, while the capitals of the columns were carved like the heads of gigantic bulls.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

Inside the hall was an explosion of color, with golden images of sphinxes and lions, while the capitals of the columns were carved like the heads of gigantic bulls.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

Bookish gryphons, petulant sphinxes, mourning mermaids, sinister ringmasters, all these and more!

Friday! morenasangre 2009