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What was the title of Moreau's painting that depicted a Greek mythological creature and a hero?
Oedipus and the Sphinx
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"Oedipus and the Sphinx" is a painting by Gustave Moreau that depicts the encounter between the Greek mythological hero Oedipus and the Sphinx. The Sphinx, a creature with the head of a woman and the body of a lion, posed a riddle to travelers, and those who failed to answer were devoured. Oedipus solved the riddle, causing the Sphinx to throw itself off a cliff.
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