 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - Liczba stron: 900
...one of the enigmas (he propfjfed was explainixl. In thil ccigma fhe wifbed to know what animal walked on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening. Upon thi-> Creon' kirir of Thebes promifed his crown and hi? i.fler Jocalta, the widow of king Lain",... | |
 | 1816 - Liczba stron: 808
...enigmas die prep IVd was fxpliiiced. In thij }J n . enigma enigma me wiflied to know what animal walked on four legs in the morning,* two at noon, and three in. the evening. Upon this Creon king of /Triebes promifed his crown and his fifter Jocafta, ^jj£,widow of king Laius,... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - Liczba stron: 742
...herself as soon as one of her enigmas was explained. In this enigma she wished to know what animal walked on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening. Upon this Creon, king of Thebes, promised his crown and his lister Jocasta in marriage to him who could... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - Liczba stron: 424
...one of the enigmas she proposed was explained. In this enigma she wished to know what animal walked on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening. Upon this Creon king of Thebes promised his crown and his sister Jocasta, the widow of king Laius,... | |
 | 1831 - Liczba stron: 512
...the (enigmas she proposed was explained.. In thisaenigma she wished to know what animal walked upon four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening, — which was explained by CEdipus, who observed that it was man, who walked on his hands and feet... | |
 | John Lemprière - 1832 - Liczba stron: 444
...one of the enigmas she proposed was explained. ln this enigma she wished to know what animal walked on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening. lt was at last happily explained hy <Edipus, who ohserved that man walked on his hands and feet when... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1838 - Liczba stron: 626
...the enigmas she proposed was explained. In this enigma, the question proposed was, what animal walked on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening. Upon this, Creon, king of Thebes, promised his crown and his sister Jocasta in marriage to him who... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1840 - Liczba stron: 290
...find it out, she devoured them. At length CEdipus came, and she asked him, "What is that animal, which walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three at night." CEdipus answered, " Man : in childhood, which is the morning of life, he crawls on his hands... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - 1842 - Liczba stron: 608
...repair, are now well understood. • Of ancient riddles, that of the Sphynx is one of the neatest. What animal is it that walks on four legs in the morning, on two at noon, and on three in the evening ? CEdipus explained it. The animal, he said, was man, who... | |
 | 1848 - Liczba stron: 306
...of the enigmas she proposed was explained — in this enigma she wanted to know what animal walked on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening. This OEdipus explains, by stating that man in childhood (morning) walks on his hands and feet ; in... | |
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You gave the wrong answer,' said the sphinx. 'But that was what made everything possible,' said Oedipus. 'No.' she said. 'When I asked, what walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening, you answered Man. You didn't say anything... 
