 | Adriana Cavarero - 2000 - Liczba stron: 188
...'But that was what made everything possible,' said Oedipus. 'No,' she said. 'When 1 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 about woman.' 'When you say Man,' said Oedipus, 'you include... | |
 | Betty Travitsky, Anne Lake Prescott - 2000 - Liczba stron: 434
...dear. 6. Used a cane or crawled—Sackville's ironic version of the Sphinx's famous riddle: what goes on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening? (The answer: a human being.) Old age is second babyhood. 7. Bald. 8. Utterly lost in old age. 9. Fate... | |
 | James C. Hall - 2001 - Liczba stron: 304
...on the poem have noted appropriately that the mythic Sphinx's riddle ("What has one voice and walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening?") effectively establishes the theme of identity. What has not generally been commented upon is that the... | |
 | Nina Kossman - 2001 - Liczba stron: 316
..."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 about woman." "When you say Man," said Oedipus, "you include... | |
 | Joel Sherzer - 2002 - Liczba stron: 204
...soul of wit. —Shakespeare, Hamlet Two guys walk into a bar and the third one ducks. What walks with four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening? (Answer: Man) Play languages, puns, jokes, put-ons, proverbs, riddles, and verbal dueling are extremely... | |
 | Marianne McDonald - 2003 - Liczba stron: 244
...is supposedly the man of knowledge, the one who solved the riddle of the Sphinx. He knew what went on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening: man. A crowd of plague victims beseech Oedipus, their king, to save their city once again. The oracle... | |
 | Barbara A. White - 2003 - Liczba stron: 413
...that led him to his tragedy. The Sphinx replies that when he answered her famous question (what walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening?) he replied "Man" but said nothing about women. When Isabella went to Washington in January for the... | |
 | Philip Auslander - 2003 - Liczba stron: 424
...'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 about woman.' 'When you say Man,' said Oedipus, 'you include... | |
 | Ivory Frisbee - 2004 - Liczba stron: 349
...propounded enigmas, devouring those who were unable to solve them. One of the riddles proposed was : What animal walked on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening? Oedipus solved it, giving as the meaning : A man, who when an infant crawled on his hands and feet,... | |
 | Jerrold R. Brandell - 2004 - Liczba stron: 268
..."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 about woman. ""When you say Man," said Oedipus, "you include... | |
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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... 
