2006-07-05 23:11:21 · 9 answers · asked by avipai 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
human
4 as a baby
2 as a grown up
3 an old man wid a walking stick....
2006-07-05 23:17:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's the riddle the Sphinx asked Oedipus at the gate of Thebes.
Man
4 legs-on all fours as a baby
2legs-two legs as an adult
3legs- two legs and a walking cane.
2006-07-06 17:41:25 · answer #2 · answered by kc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The day symbolizes mankind's life.
It's just a day because, compared to other things, like the Earth age, mankind's life is... what? seconds?
So morning would mean early life and night the last third of life, the end of it.
And that's the path man must follow, first in his feet and hands (4), then only in is feet (2), and later on, with the help of a cane (3).
2006-07-06 07:28:17 · answer #3 · answered by Andi Rolf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ah the provibial riddel of the sphinx the answer is man
walks on 4 legs in the morning of his life (infantcy)
2 legs in the afternoon of life(adulthood)
3 in the evening (old age)
2006-07-06 17:48:28 · answer #4 · answered by ravenswind_20003 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A human. When he is a baby he crawls on all fours. When he is an adult he walks on 2 legs. When he is an old man, he has a stick to help his weak legs.
2006-07-06 06:16:36 · answer #5 · answered by Scheherazade 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a human being.
4 legs - crawling baby
2 legs - upright human
3 legs - upright supported by a cane or walking stick
2006-07-06 12:22:00 · answer #6 · answered by Santa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Human
4 legs, baby
2, adult
3, old man
2006-07-06 06:14:30 · answer #7 · answered by lotta 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
man he crawls as a baby, walks as an adult and uses a cane when he gets old
2006-07-06 06:53:15 · answer #8 · answered by nana_bad_ass 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
man
2006-07-06 07:08:04 · answer #9 · answered by hfroggie2005 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋