 | 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
...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... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 742 pages
...Sphinx would destroy herself as soon as one of her enigmas was explained. In this enigma she wished to know what animal walked on four legs in the morning,...and three in the evening. Upon this Creon, king of Thebes, promised his crown and his lister Jocasta in marriage to him who could deliver his country... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 424 pages
...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,...and three in the evening. Upon this Creon king of Thebes promised his crown and his sister Jocasta, the widow of king Laius, in marriage to him who could... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 842 pages
...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 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 Lemprière - Classical dictionaries - 1832 - 444 pages
...destroy herself as soon as one of the enigmas she proposed was explained. ln this enigma she wished to know what animal walked on four legs in 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... | |
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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... 
