Who knows the Riddle of the Sphinx?

Question

I do, I'm just curious to know who else knows it.

Answer 1

The Riddle of the Sphinx

In Greek mythology, the Sphinx sat outside of Thebes and asked this riddle of all travelers who passed by. If the traveler failed to solve the riddle, then the Sphinx killed him/her. And if the traveler answered the riddle correctly, then the Sphinx would destroy herself. The riddle:

What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?

Oedipus solved the riddle, and the Sphinx destroyed herself.

The solution: A man, who crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two legs as an adult, and walks with a cane in old age.

Of course morning, noon, and night are metaphors for the times in a man's (person's) life. Such metaphors are common in riddles. There were two Thebes, apparently this Thebes was the one in Greece. And this Sphinx was apparently not the one at Giza, in Egypt.

Answer 2

Seems a few know the riddle...but did they know the answer to the riddle...???

A man, who crawls on all fours as a baby (morning), walks on two legs as an adult (noon), and walks with a cane in old age (evening).

Answer 3

I do. What has 4 legs on the morning, 2 legs in the day and 3 legs in the evening?

Answer 4

"What has four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon and three in the evening?" man is the answer its first a baby crawls on 4 legs.....walks on 2 as child-oldage......n walks with 3 cuz wen man is old they have 2 legs n a cane to walk with.....figured it out wen i read oedipus the king last yr for skool......

Answer 5

What walks on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three in the evening

Answer 6

What has 4 legs in the morning
2 in the afternoon,
and 3 at night.

The answer is 'us'.
We crawl on 'all fours' when we are born, walk upright when we are older, and use a walking stick when we are very old.

Answer 7

What has four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon and three in the evening?

Answer 8

What starts on four legs, continues on two legs, and ends on three legs (or something like that.)

Answer 9

Can you tell me?

I don't get the 4-legged 2-tailed 1-eyed at night thing.....

whats the answer?????

i dont get it

Answer 10

i know the riddle of the sphincter

i'm such a child