The Sphinx so impressed the philosopher Hegel that he pronounced the creature the symbol of the symbolic itself. The lavishly illustrated Book of theSphinx conf... » 

The Sphinx so impressed the philosopher Hegel that he pronounced the creature the symbol of the symbolic itself. The lavishly illustrated Book of theSphinx confirms Hegel s lofty judgment finding the Sphinx not just as theguardian of the pyramids on Egypts Giza plateau or as the beautiful maneaterwith a deadly riddle in Greek mythology but in tragedies paintings and operaas well as murder mysteries brothels bars and advertisements. «