 | Louise A. Poresky - 2005 - 115 דפים
...that he answered her riddle incorrectly. Her explanation concludes the poem: "When I asked, What walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening, you answered, Man. You didn't say anything about woman." "When you say Man," said Oedipus, "you include... | |
 | Nita Schechet - 2005 - 164 דפים
...rewriting the story of Oedipus ("Myth," 1973), has given it poetic utterance: "When I asked, What walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening, you answered, Man. You didn't say anything about woman." "When you say Man," said Oedipus, "you include... | |
 | Meg Clibbon - 2006 - 32 דפים
...worse, it asked anyone roolish enough to go near its cave this puzzling riddle: What is it that goes on four legs in the morning two at noon, and three in the evening? The Sphinx threw anyone who failed to answer the riddle correctly over the precipice near its cave.... | |
 | Eric Leif Davin - 2006 - 452 דפים
...the walls of Thebes for unwary male travelers. She asked all who came upon her a riddle: What goes on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening? If the unfortunate victim could not correctly answer — the sphinx devoured him. Finally, the hero... | |
 | Michael Brim Beckerman - 2007 - 212 דפים
...spared. Instead of the traditional form — which requires Oedipus to identify the creature that has four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening — Hawkins's Sphinx asks: What is the creature that has "four legs, then two, then three" where "FourLegs... | |
 | Joseph Rosenbloom - 2007 - 420 דפים
...counted the same houses going and coming. How many months have twenty-eight days? All of them. What walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening? Man. He goes on all fours as a baby, on two feet when he is grown, and uses a cane in old age. (This... | |
 | Sidney Saylor Farr - 2007 - 259 דפים
...Appalachia is the Riddle of the Sphinx, which Oedipus answered in order to become King of Thebes. What goes on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the afternoon? Answer: A human being. In the mountains the most suggestive riddles— "bad" riddles with... | |
 | Galit Hasan-Rokem, David Dean Shulman - 1996 - 342 דפים
...Why didn't I recognize my mother?' 'You gave the wrong answer', she said. 'When I asked, What walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon and three in the evening, you answered, Man. You didn't say anything about Woman'. 'When you say Man', said Oedipus, 'you include... | |
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You gave the wrong answer,' said the sphinx. 'But that was what made everything possible,' said Oedipus. 'No.' she said. 'When I asked, what walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening, you answered Man. You didn't say anything... 
