Awaken the Myth

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Now in possession of the “key” to awaken the Sphinx, you return to the Isu Shrine to meet the mythological creature. Find out how to answer the Sphinx puzzles in this section of the Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Guide.

Activation: Automatic

Reward: Prize of the Sphinx + Ship Cosmetic – Sphinx Figurehead + Mace of the Sphinx + 28087Xp

Related Quest: “Lore of the Sphinx”

Go back to the Isu ruins of Boeotia and wait until nightfall, then approach the marker and interact with the strange device to meet the Sphinx (pictures1-2). Following this dialogue, the creature will ask you 3 questions that you must answer without making any mistakes.

You will find below the list of riddles that the Sphinx can submit to you and the corresponding answers:

I create my lair with earthen string, and dispatch my prey with a biting sting. Answer: Spider

What can bring back the dead; make you cry, make you laugh, make you young; is born in an instant, yet lasts a lifetime? Answer: Memories

At night they come without being fetched, and by day they are lost without being stolen. Answer: Stars

What is large, yet never grows; has roots that cannot be seen; and is taller than trees? Answer: Mountain

What is always old and sometimes new; never sad, sometimes blue; never empty, but sometimes full; never pushes, always pulls? Answer: Moon

This thing all things devour: birds, beasts, trees, flowers; gnaws iron, bites steel; grinds hard stones to meal; slays kings, ruins towns; and beats high mountains down. Answer: Time

What can run, but never walks; has a mouth, but never talks; has a head, but never weeps; has a bed, but never sleeps? Answer: River

Never resting, never still; moving silently from hill to hill; it does not walk, run, or trot; all is cool where it is not. Answer: Sun

I’m alive, but without breath; I’m as cold in life as in death; I’m never thirsty, though I always drink. Answer: Fish

In spring I am gay in handsome array; in summer more clothing I wear; when colder it grows, I fling off my clothes; and in winter quite naked appear. Answer: Tree

Some try to hide, some try to cheat; but time will show, we always will meet. Try as you might to guess my name; I promise you’ll know, when you I do claim. Answer: Death

As small as your thumb, I am light in the air. You may hear me before you see me, but trust that I’m there. Answer: Hummingbird

Once you have correctly answered the three riddles, you will still need to find the corresponding monoliths around you. For example, if one of the questions was about the spider and the next one was about the mountain, look for the pillars with the corresponding drawings and interact with them (picture3). After that, if all your answers were correct and you have chosen the right monoliths, the Sphinx will be destroyed and the quest will end (pictures4-5).