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Seiya and Shun arrive at the Second Prison and find a court where they are attacked by Balron René. Kanon, with his Gemini Cloth, saves Seiya and Shun, and they stay in the Second Prison to fight against Rhadamanthys' soldiers. In the Third Prison Seiya and Shun confront Sphinx Pharaoh, but they are suddenly hit by the Silver Saint Lyra ...
Pegasus Seiya (天馬星座 （ ぺガサス ） の星矢, Pegasasu no Seiya) is the Bronze Saint of Pegasus in the 20th century and titular character of the series. An orphaned child later revealed to be one of Mitsumasa Kido's sons, he was separated from his sister Seika and sent to Greece to become a Saint, a soldier of the goddess Athena.
After Japan, Saint Seiya was first broadcast in France in 1988 on TF1's Club Dorothée , under the title Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque (which inspired the title in other language versions), [5] [61] and the series became quickly popular. [62] [5] [63] The series was broadcast throughout Asia, Europe and Latin America, where it was a success as well.
The word sphinx comes from the Greek Σφίγξ, associated by folk etymology with the verb σφίγγειν (sphíngēn), meaning "to squeeze", "to tighten up". [5] [6] [7] This name may be derived from the fact that lions kill their prey by strangulation, biting the throat of prey and holding them down until they die.
Five more appeared around other well known Silver Saints below Hades Castle in Italy. Two were accompanying the Perseus Saint at Canon Island. Five were killed at the entrance to the Lost Canvas by Sphynx Pharaoh and another 21 Saints were petrified together with Yato and Yuzuriha aboard the Ship of Hope which went to the Lost Canvas.
A message etched into an ancient sphinx has proven to be, well, sphinx-like. The “mysterious” inscription has long been an enigma, puzzling scholars for over a century.
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In Japan, Seiya is the least popular of the main characters in Saint Seiya, ranking fifth in the Bronze Saints character poll. [35] However, in the technique poll, his Pegasus Meteor Fist ranked first. [36] Merchandise based on Seiya has also been released, including plushes [37] and action figures with different Cloths.