 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - 900 pages
...deftroy herfelf as foon as 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", in... | |
 | Thomas Browne (LL.D.) - Classical dictionaries - 1812 - 500 pages
...however, were told by the oi-acle, that the Sphinx would destroy herself as soon as one of her enigma's was explained. In this enigma she wished to know what...animal walked on four legs in the morning, two at noou, and three in the evening. Upon this CreO'i, king of Thebes, promised h>- crown and liia sister... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 808 pages
...;n fouu ;is one of the 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,*...and three in. the evening. Upon this Creon king of /Triebes promifed his crown and his fifter Jocafta, ^jj£,widow of king Laius, in marriage to him who... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 424 pages
...told by the oracle that the sphinx •would destroy herself as soon as one of the enigmas she proposed was explained. In this enigma she wished to know what...this Creon king of Thebes promised his crown and his sister Jocasta, the widow of king Laius, in marriage to him who could deliver his country from the... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 842 pages
...told by the oracle that the sphinx would destroy herself as soon as one of the enigmas she proposed was explained. In this enigma she wished to know what...walked on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and Uree in the evening. Upon this Creon king of Thebes promised his crown and his sister Jocasta, 'he... | |
 | English periodicals - 1831 - 512 pages
...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 Lempričre - Classical dictionaries - 1832 - 444 pages
...that the Sphinx would destroy herself as soon as one of the enigmas she proposed was explained. ln this enigma she wished to know what animal walked...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... | |
 | Christianity - 1832 - 670 pages
...inquired, " What animal is that, which goes upon four feet in the morning, upon two at noon, and upon three in the evening?" Upon this, Creon, king of Thebes, promised his cruwn and his sister Jocasta in marriage, to him who could deliver his country from the monster by... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - Classical antiquities - 1837 - 372 pages
...could not explain them. At length one of tho enigmas, in which she demanded what animal it was which walked on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three at night, was solved by CEdipus. He said that the animal was man, who in the morning of life creeps... | |
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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... 
