Sphinx
Publié le 22/02/2012
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Greek A monster, half woman, half beast,
the offspring of Echidna and Orthos. She lived near
Thebes and was supposed to set impossible riddles,
one of which went something like this:
What goes on four feet, on two feet, and three,
But the more feet it goes on, the weaker it be?
The answer is a human being, who as an infant
crawls on all fours, as an adult walks on two feet, and
in old age supports both legs with a walking stick.
It is said that Oedipus solved this riddle and thus
delivered the Thebans from the curse of the Sphinx.
The Greek Sphinx has nothing to do with the
Egyptian Sphinx, except that both creatures were half
beast, half human.
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