 | Henry Woldmar Ruoff - 1905 - 742 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... | |
 | Henry Ernest Dudeney - 1908 - 226 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | PHRASES. - 1913 - 220 pagina’s
...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 - 330 pagina’s
...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 - 844 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Charles Morris - 1921 - 518 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 CEdipus. who said that man walked on his hands and feet when young, or... | |
 | Gelfand - 1984 - 304 pagina’s
...model, and hence, to make sense. What is white and black, has one horn, and gives milk? What moves on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the * evening? Modeling is a very pervasive human activity. Any time we describe something, to ourselves or to someone... | |
 | Mickey Pearlman - 1988 - 250 pagina’s
..."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... | |
 | Marianne Hirsch - 1989 - 268 pagina’s
..."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... | |
 | Henry Rider Haggard, Norman Etherington - 1991 - 292 pagina’s
...posed by the Sphinx before he can advance toward his destiny. The answer to the question “What goes on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening?” is “Man.” For Freud the riddle of man's psychological destiny is embodied in what happened to Oedipus... | |
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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... 
