 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Annandale - 1901 - Liczba stron: 578
...anyone who undertook but was unable to interpret its meaning. In this enigma the question proposed was, What animal walked on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening. This was at last explained by (Edipus, who said that man walked on his hands and feet when young, or... | |
 | George Schorb - 1902 - Liczba stron: 56
...shooting, the flowers have pistils, and the bull-rush is out (the bull rushes out). Q. What animal walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening? A. Man creeps on four in the morning of life, then walks on two, and in the evening of life with a... | |
 | Thomas Earnshaw Bradley - 1854 - Liczba stron: 914
...destroy herself as soon as 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 the King of Thebes, Creon, promised his crown and sister, Jocesta, in marriage to him who should deliver... | |
 | 1904 - Liczba stron: 654
...deliver his country from the scourge. The last question asked by the Sphinx was : " What animal walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon. and three in the evening?" This was answered by Oedipus, who explained thst man crawled on his hands and feet when in the morning... | |
 | Henry Woldmar Ruoff - 1905 - Liczba stron: 742
...near Thebes, and proposed to every passer-by the following enigma : " What animal is that which walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening?" CEdipus solved the riddle thus : " Man is the animal ; for when an infant he crawls on his hands and... | |
 | Henry Ernest Dudeney - 1908 - Liczba stron: 226
...destroy herself if one of her riddles was ever correctly answered. It was this : " What animal walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening ? " It was explained by CEdipus, who pointed out that -man walked on his hands and feet in the morning... | |
 | Harriet Monroe - 1974 - Liczba stron: 830
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 | PHRASES. - 1913 - Liczba stron: 220
...monster, sent by Juno to plague the people of Thebes, propounded this riddle : " What animal walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening ? " When CEdipus correctly guessed the answer, " Man," the Sphinx, in fury, killed herself. * White... | |
 | Frank Hamel - 1915 - Liczba stron: 330
...the solution of one of its enigmas the Sphinx would destroy itself. The puzzle to be solved was, " What animal walked on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening ? " Many people attempted to find a solution in the hope of winning Jocasta, sister of Creon, King... | |
 | Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke - 1917 - Liczba stron: 844
...guard over the road to the city. To every passer-by she put this riddle: What animal is it that walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon and three in the evening? And anyone who failed to answer correctly was immediately devoured. When Oedipus passed on the way... | |
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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... 
