The document describes the Sphinx as having the head and breast of a woman, eagle's wings, and the body of a lion. It discusses Greek mythology figures associated with the Sphinx like Typhon, Echidna, and Chimera. It also describes Oedipus solving the Sphinx's riddle about a creature being four-footed, two-footed, and three-footed. A second riddle is about two sisters continuously giving birth to one another, which is solved as day and night.