What is the Riddle of the Sphinx?  The Sphinx guarded the city
of Thebes, and asked a riddle to any who wished to enter. Anyone
who could not answer correctly was eaten by the Sphinx. The
actual riddle wasn't given until lake Greek history, but it is
thought to be "What creature in the morning goes on four legs,
at mid-day on two, and at evening upon three, and the more legs
it has, the weaker it be?" The answer is man, who crawls .
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