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| indicator = Egyptian
| image = Grk-t-sarissa.png
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| title = Sarissa
| title = Hieracosphinx
| subtitle =
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| content2 = Greek
| content2 = [[Egyptians]]
| content3 = Athena
| content3 = [[Bast]]
| content4 = Classical Age
| content4 = [[Classical Age]]


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| section2 = Research
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| itemsInSection2 = 7
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| label5 = Researched At
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| icon6 = egp-t-criosphinx.webp
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| content5 = [[Military Academy]] [[Armory]]
| content5 = [[Temple]]
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| content6 = [[Criosphinx]]
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{{Quote|Athena’s technology extends the range of Hoplite attacks, and enables them to inflict more damage.|In-game description}}
{{Quote|Bast upgrades Criosphinxes to Hieracosphinxes, with increased speed and attack.|In-game description}}


Sarissa is a [[Greeks|Greek]] myth technology in that is available to worshipers of [[Athena]] and can be researched at the [[Military Academy]] or [[Armory]]. Once researched, it increases [[Hoplite]]s attack and range.
Hieracosphinx is an [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] myth technology that is available to worshipers of [[Bast]] and can be researched at the [[Temple]]. Once researched, it upgrades [[Criosphinx]]es to Hieracosphinxes.


==Effects==
==Effects==
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! Affects !! Effect
! Affects !! Effect
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| [[File:grk-h-hoplite.png|40px]] [[Hoplite]]|| +10% hack attack and +1 range.
| [[File:egp-m-sphinx.webp|40px]] [[Sphinx]] || Upgraded to Hieracosphinx:</br> +15% movement speed, and +20% hack and +50% crush attack.
|}
|}


==Technologies==
==Relic Bonuses==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Name!! God !! Description
! Name!! Description
|-
|-
| [[File:grk-t-forge-of-olympus.png|40px]] [[Forge of Olympus]] || [[Hephaestus]] || Costs -60% wood
| [[File:shared-r-tools.webp|40px]] [[Gambanteinn, Odin's Wand]]|| -25% cost except favor
|}
|}


==Mythology==
==History==
{{Quote|Instead of a human head, the Hieracosphinx has the fierce head of a hawk, a nasty disposition and a razor-sharp beak – all the better to eviscerate those who cannot answer its riddles. It is a much more aggressive and pitiless Sphinx than its more peaceable cousins, the Criosphinx and Androsphinx.
{{Quote|Although often referred to as the goddess of wisdom, Athena's realm more accurately extended to technology, and the development of the sarissa qualifies as one of the greatest achievements in military technology. While Greek infantry used 8-10' long spears for centuries, Alexander the Great refined its use for the Greek phalanx, creating a 16-20' long, two-handed pike called a sarissa. Macedonian phalanxes armed with sarissas dominated Mediterranean warfare until the rise of Rome.|In-game compendium}}

"Say, sirrah, hast thou ever proved thyself a prophet? When the riddling Sphinx was here why hadst thou no deliverance for this folk?"

-- Oedipus, Oedipus Rex|In-game compendium}}


==Myth Tech==
==Myth Tech==

Latest revision as of 01:23, 6 November 2024

Quick Facts:
Hieracosphinx
Egyptian
Hieracosphinx
Availability
Civilization
God
Research
Researched At
Prerequisite
Wood
200
Favor
10
Research Time
40 seconds

"Bast upgrades Criosphinxes to Hieracosphinxes, with increased speed and attack."
In-game description

Hieracosphinx is an Egyptian myth technology that is available to worshipers of Bast and can be researched at the Temple. Once researched, it upgrades Criosphinxes to Hieracosphinxes.

Effects

Affects Effect
Sphinx Upgraded to Hieracosphinx:
+15% movement speed, and +20% hack and +50% crush attack.

Relic Bonuses

Name Description
Gambanteinn, Odin's Wand -25% cost except favor

History

"Instead of a human head, the Hieracosphinx has the fierce head of a hawk, a nasty disposition and a razor-sharp beak – all the better to eviscerate those who cannot answer its riddles. It is a much more aggressive and pitiless Sphinx than its more peaceable cousins, the Criosphinx and Androsphinx.

"Say, sirrah, hast thou ever proved thyself a prophet? When the riddling Sphinx was here why hadst thou no deliverance for this folk?"

-- Oedipus, Oedipus Rex"
In-game compendium

Myth Tech


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