 | Charles Anthon - 1841 - 664 sider
...four-footed, two-footed, and at last three-footed 1" or, as others give it, " What animal is that which goes on four feet in the morning, on two at noon, and on three at evening!" The oracle told the Thebans that they would not be delivered from her until they had solved... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - 1842 - 608 sider
...ancient riddles, that of the Sphynx is one of the neatest. What animal is it that walks on four legs in the morning, on two at noon, and on three in the evening ? CEdipus explained it. The animal, he said, was man, who in the morning of life (in infancy) crept... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - 1842 - 638 sider
...ancient riddles, that of the Sphynx is one of the neatest. What animal is it that walks on Tour legs in the morning, on two at noon, and on three in the evening? CEdipus explained it. The animal, he said, was man, who in the morning of life (in infancy) crept on... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 sider
...place." The celebrated riddle of the Sphinx, in classic story, was this: " What animal walks on four legs in the morning, on two at noon, and on three in the evening ? " The answer is Man, who, in infancy or the morning of life, walks or creeps on his hands and feet,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 454 sider
...rhe celebrated riddle of the Sphinx, in classic story, was this : " What ,uiimal walks on four legs in the morning, on two at noon, and on three in the evening ? " The answer is Man, who, in infancy or the morning of life, walks or creeps on his hands and feet,... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1864 - 1126 sider
...sphinx, and solved by CEdipus. It was in these terms, " What animal is that which goes on four legs in the morning, on two at noon, and on three in the evening ?" The answer was, " Man, who in infancy crawls on all fours, in his prime walks erectly, and in old... | |
 | Johann Georg Heck - 1851 - 814 sider
...proceeded towards Thebes. At that time the country was desolated by the Sphinx (pi. 30, fig. 18, a, 6), a monster with the head and breast of a lovely young...throne of Laios, and the hand of his widowed queen. CEdipous hearing of the proposal, boldly approached the monster and answered " Man does ! As an infant... | |
 | Agnes Smith (writer on mythology.) - 1851 - 346 sider
...by a love of distinction, CEdipus presented himself before the Sphinx, and was asked, " What animal walks on four feet in the morning, on two at noon, and on three in the evening !" when he immediately answered " Man ! — who in the morning of life creeps on his hands and feet,... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - 1851 - 646 sider
...ancient riddles, that of the Sphynx is one of the neatest What animal ¡8 it that walk» on four lege in the morning, on two at noon, and on three in the evening ? Œdipni explained it. The animal, he said, was man, who in the morning of life (in indinny) crept... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 472 sider
...The celebrated riddle of the Sphinx, in classic story, was this v " What animal walks on four legs in the morning, on two at noon, and on three in the evening ? " The answer is Man, who, in infancy or the morning of life, walks or creeps on his hands and feet,... | |
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The celebrated riddle of the Sphinx, in classic story, was this : " What animal walks on four legs in the morning, on two at noon, and on three in the evening... 
