Q: You will be given a trivia clue, and the category it belongs to. You should answer with the best answer that belongs in the category and is described by the clue. For simplicity, answers should be in all lower cased letters.
Category: MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS 
Clue: Its name is from the Greek for "to bind", which in turn may come from the Egyptian shesep-ankh, "living image"
A:
the sphinx