Labels:bulletin board | earth | fountain | mountain | plant | road | rock | sculpture | sidewalk | sky | speedskater OCR: The Riddle the Sphinx The most famous puzzle in the ancient world was the riddle ofthe Sphinx The Sphinx was monster lion part woman. part lion ped bird. part snake that lived Inear Thebes and ate anybody who couldn't answer its riddles An oracle said that the Sphinx would the destroy itself W if anyone was able to answer the following riddle: "What goes on four feet, then two, then three and the tiufs more feet it goes on the weaker it be?" Oedipus gave the answer It was . man who begins by crawling on lle fours walks on two legs as an adult, and adds the support of stick in weak old age The Thebans were saved near sppe
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