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Who wrote what goes on 1 leg in the morning on 2 legs at noon and on 3 in the evening?

The first record of the Riddle of the Sphinx is attributed to Euripides, but probably comes from earlier Greek mythology. It asks, "What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?" The answer is, "A man, who crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two legs as an adult, and walks with a cane in old age."


What has no legs in the morning two legs at noon and six legs in the afternoon?

If you mean "4 legs in the morning" as opposed to only one, it is a man, for he crawls as a baby, stands as an adult, and walks with a cane when aged.


What is the worlds best riddle?

The answer is Me.The world's greatest riddle is the riddle of the sphinx: What walks on two legs is the morning, On two legs in the noon, And three legs at night? Want to know the answer? Ask WikiAnswers! I know: The "morning, noon and night" refer to the stages of a man's life. When he's young (morning), he walks on two legs. When he's middle aged (noon), He still walks on two legs. And when he's old (night) he walks on three.... with a walking stick. YES I AM SMART!


Help find the answer to the riddle of the sphinx?

There is no riddle of the Sphinx, the question/ riddle is what walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at midday and three legs in the evening. the answer would be a human. as in the morning of someones life they are a baby or toddler, so they would crawl on four legs, at midday it refers to an adult ( who walks on two legs ) while in the evening the human is old and uses a walking stick ( equals three legs ) . ------- There IS a riddle of the Sphinx. Created in Oedipus when Oedipus needed to get to Thebes, he came across a Sphinx blocking his path who asked him this riddle. He gave the correct answer and went on.


What is the Rhyme of the sphinx?

The Rhyme of the Sphinx refers to the riddle posed by the mythical creature in Greek mythology. The most famous of these riddles is: "What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?" The answer is "man," as he crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two legs as an adult, and uses a cane as an elderly person. Failure to answer the riddle would result in the Sphinx devouring the individual.

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what crawls in the morning,walks in the afternoon,and crings at night. a baby,adult, and a senior.


Are there any reported hauntings in Browns Mills New Jersey?

Redfeather Trail - Supposedly there is a man that walks Redfeather Trail every night that sings a song and when you look at him he disappears into the night. Redfeather Trail - Supposedly there is a man that walks Redfeather Trail every night that sings a song and when you look at him he disappears into the night.


What crawls than walks with 2 legs than with 3?

A HUMAN ... CRAWLS AS A BABY WALKS WITH 2 LEGS WHEN GROWING UP AND WALKS WITH 3 WHEN OLD! LOL


Why does a human walk on 4 feet in the morning 2 feet in the day and 3 feet at night?

He crawls on all fours in the morning of his life, walks upright on two feet in the day of his life and walks with a cane in the night of his life. The answer is hidden in the question. It is human baby that walks on Four during babyhood, Two when he can stand and walk on two legs, in the evening of his life (old age) he is bent and takes a stick in his hand to walk on Three legs. (Read the play: Aedipus Rex by Sophocles.)


What crawls on 4 the 2 then 3?

A baby walks (crawls) with 4 legs + arms, a man walks with 2 legs, and an old man walks with 2 legs and 1 can (3).


What goes on 4 in the morning 2 in the afternoon and 3 in the evening?

man man crawls as a baby man walks in middle age man uses a cane when he's older


What walks on four arms in the morning two at noon and in three at night?

man


What crawls in the morning walks on 2 in the afternoon and 3 in the evening?

The answer to this riddle is a person—they crawl on all fours as a baby in the morning, walk on two legs during adulthood in the afternoon, and may need a cane in old age in the evening, representing three legs.


What did Oedipus do with sphinx?

Oedipus answers the sphinx's riddle. The sphinx had been killing people who couldn't answer it, and, since she was in the road into Thebes, anyone trying to get into Thebes was being killed, since no one could answer it. The riddle was: "What walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three at night?" The answer was: "Man. He crawls (4) as a baby, walks (2) as an adult, and uses a cane (3) in his old age."


What are kinds of living animals?

welll... everything that walks swims flys or crawls...


What walks on 4 feet in the morning 2 feet in the day and 3 feet at night?

a human


What goes on four feet in the morning two feet at noon and three feet in the evening?

The answer to this riddle is a man. In the morning of his life he crawls or goes on four feet, in the afternoon of his life he walks on two feet, and in the evening of his life he uses a cane and goes on three feet.