What walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs in the afternoon, and 3 legs in the evening?

Answer 1

the answer is Man

This is the riddle the sphinx asked Oedipus near Thebes.

Answer 2

Man. Four legs crawling as a baby; two legs walking as a youth and adult, and three legs - with the assistance of a cane - as an elder.

Answer 3

Human.
morning : Baby - 4 legs (arms and knees)
afternoon : youth and adult - 2 legs
evening : senior - 2 legs and a cain

Answer 4

A person. They walk on all fours as a baby, two legs as an adult and three legs as an old person because they have a support cane.

Answer 5

Humans. WE crawl in the mornings Babies, walk on two legs as adults and a cain in our old age.

Answer 6

Humans. 4 to crawl when an infant, 2 when we've learnt to walk, and 3 when we're older still and need to use a crane

Answer 7

I think it's supposed to be a metaphor, HUMANS. When we're babies we crawl on all fours, midlife we walk on two legs, and when we're old, we use 1 cane plus 2 legs.

Answer 8

Human beings

4 legs - infancy (crawling0
2 legs - when you walk
3 legs - when you need to walk with a cane

Answer 9

I thought it was "what walks on four legs until about twenty past midnight, two legs disbarring loss of limbs in an accidentuntil about a quarter past six, then 3 legs, unless they use a walking frame or wheelchair until midnight."

Must.... refrain...... from...... reading...... Pyramids.

Answer 10

When we're babies we crawl on all fours, midlife we walk on two legs, and when we're old, we use 1 cane plus 2 legs.

Answer 11

Man