 | 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... | |
 | Johann Georg Heck - 1851 - 814 sider
...body of a winged lion, and the tail of a dragon. She propounded to every passer-by the riddle, " Who walks on four feet in the morning, on two at noon, and on three in the evening ?" and whoever failed to solve it was devoured. To rid themselves of this dreadful evil,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Book - 1851 - 156 sider
...forming the foundation of the greatest force in the kingdom. 32. What animal is it that goes on four legs in the morning, on two at noon, and on three at night? 33. What is that which was to-morrow, and will be yesterday? NAMES OF TOWNS AND CITIES, ENIGMATICALLY... | |
 | 1852 - 814 sider
...body of a winged lion, and the tail of a dragon. She propounded to every passer-by the riddle, " Who walks on four feet in the morning, on two at noon, and on three in the evening?" and whoever failed to solve it was . devoured. To rid themselves of this dreadful... | |
 | Johann Georg Heck - 1860 - 804 sider
...body of a winged lion, and the tail of a dragon. She propounded to .every passer-by the riddle, " Who walks on four feet in the morning, on two at noon, and on three in the evening?" and whoever failed to solve it was devoured. To rid themselves of this dreadful evil,... | |
 | William Bouton Weed - 1861 - 442 sider
...the knees bend beneath their burden. "What animal is that," said the fabled Sphinx, " which goes upon four feet in the morning, on two at noon, and on three at night ?" " It is man," said (Edipus, " who commences locomotion with his hands and feet, then walks erect... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 782 sider
...bird, the body of a dog, and the paws of a lion ; and whose riddle '* What animal walks on fuur legs in the morning, on two at noon, and on three at night ? " so puzzled the Thebans, that King Creon offered his crown and his daughter Jocasta to any one who... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 432 sider
...bird, the body of a dog, and the paws of a lion ; and whose riddle, " What animal walks on four legs in the morning, on two at noon, and on three at night ? " so puzzled the Thebans, that King Creon offered his crown and his daughter Jocasta to any one who... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 264 sider
...bird, the body of a dog, and the paws of a lion ; and whose riddle " What animal walks on four legs in the morning, on two at noon, and on three at night ? " so puzzled the Thebans, that King Creon offered his crown and his daughter Jocasta to any one who... | |
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What animal walks on four legs in the morning, on two at noon, and on three at night... 
