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[[File:oedipus.jpg|frame|[[Riddle Me This|Riddle me this!]]]] |
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''"What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, three legs in the evening, and no legs at night?"'' |
{{quote|''"What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, three legs in the evening, and no legs at night?"''}} |
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The classic riddle presented to [[Oedipus Rex]] by [[Riddling Sphinx|the Sphinx]] in [[Greek Mythology]]. He was the first one to solve it—all the others who failed were eaten by the Sphinx—after which she threw herself down a chasm. This is [[Older Than Feudalism|one of the oldest]] [[Stock Puzzle]]s out there, going back to the Greek writer Apollodorus in the second century CE. |
The classic riddle presented to [[Oedipus Rex]] by [[Riddling Sphinx|the Sphinx]] in [[Greek Mythology]]. He was the first one to solve it—all the others who failed were eaten by the Sphinx—after which she threw herself down a chasm. This is [[Older Than Feudalism|one of the oldest]] [[Stock Puzzle]]s out there, going back to the Greek writer Apollodorus in the second century CE. |
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Also see [[Riddle Me This]], [[These Questions Three]]. |
Also see [[Riddle Me This]], [[These Questions Three]]. |
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