The Riddle of the Sphinx

Close Read Passage, 400 words, Myth (fiction), Level Z1 (Grade 6), Lexile 910L

In ancient Greece, a terrible monster challenges anyone attempting to enter or leave the city of Thebes with a riddle. If they fail to answer her correctly, she strikes them dead. Can the hero Oedipus defeat the sphinx?

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