Assertion: sphinx | /r/HasProperty | placed at the entrance of the temple
Facets:
value: to guard the mysteries
type: PURPOSE
value: by warning those
type: MANNER
value: among the egyptians
type: OTHER
value: particularly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Particularly: Sphinxes were placed at the entrance of the temple to guard the mysteries, by warning those who penetrated within, that they should conceal a knowledge of them from the uninitiated; and hence Portal derives the word from the Hebrew TSaPHaN, to Hide.
text: Among the Egyptians, sphinxes were placed at the entrance of the temples to guard their mysteries, by warning those who penetrated within that they should conceal a knowledge of them from the uninitiated.
text: Among the Egyptians, sphinxes were placed at the entrance of the temple to guard the mysteries, by warning those who penetrated within, that they should conceal a knowledge of them from the uninitiated.