 | 1870 - 972 pagina’s
...AND FANS. ГТШЕ stafffor old age is immemorial. "What _L animal," asked the Sphinx, "walks upon four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening ?" CEdipus solved the enigma : " Man creeps in the morning of life, walks erect at noon, and supports... | |
 | Mrs. Caroline L. Smith - 1872 - 426 pagina’s
...will give this famous riddle, as many little ones may not know it. 22. " What animal is it that walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening." 3.— DOUBLE ACROSTIC CHARADES, AND CROSS-WORD ENIGMAS. DOUBLE acrostic, in which the initials and... | |
 | 1899 - 666 pagina’s
...deliverer of the country from this creature. The Sphinx demanded of him, " What animal it was that walked on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening." (Edipus replied "MAN! who crawls in infancy, walks erect in manhood, and supports his steps in age... | |
 | Thomas Preston (lexicographer.) - 1880 - 396 pagina’s
...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 OSdipus solved it, giving as the meaning — A man, who when an infant crawled on his hands and feet,... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - 1899 - 206 pagina’s
...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 feet,... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - 1900 - 238 pagina’s
...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? CEdipus solved it, giving as the meaning—A man, who when an infant crawled on his hands and feet,... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Annandale - 1901 - 578 pagina’s
...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 - 56 pagina’s
...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 - 914 pagina’s
...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 - 654 pagina’s
...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... | |
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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... 
