The Sphinx comes to Thebes and forces the people to pay heavy taxes. This throws the city into famine and poverty until Oedipus is able to solve the Sphinx's riddle.
Oedipus answered the sphinx's riddle and sphinx killed herself. Once the sphinx was gone the people of Thebes were safe.
He answered the riddle of the Sphinx, thus freeing Thebes from the rule of the Sphinx and allowing Thebes to once again prosper.
The Sphinx forces the city of Thebes to pay a heavy tax. The situation ends with subsequent Theban King Oedipus solving the previously unsolvable riddle to which the Sphinx subjects all passersby. No one before Oedipus realizes that it's man who moves about on fours in the morning [youth], twos in the afternoon [adulthood], and threes in the evening [old age].
by answering the riddle of the sphinx and saving Thebes from the rule of the sphinx.
Oedipus liberated Thebes by solving the Sphinx's riddle. The Sphinx had placed a heavy tax on the Thebans and forced them into poverty. Oedipus was able to conquer and banish the Sphinx.
what was the sphinx and what did she do
Oedipus answered the sphinx's riddle and sphinx killed herself. Once the sphinx was gone the people of Thebes were safe.
He answered the riddle of the Sphinx, thus freeing Thebes from the rule of the Sphinx and allowing Thebes to once again prosper.
The Sphinx forces the city of Thebes to pay a heavy tax. The situation ends with subsequent Theban King Oedipus solving the previously unsolvable riddle to which the Sphinx subjects all passersby. No one before Oedipus realizes that it's man who moves about on fours in the morning [youth], twos in the afternoon [adulthood], and threes in the evening [old age].
by answering the riddle of the sphinx and saving Thebes from the rule of the sphinx.
Oedipus liberated Thebes by solving the Sphinx's riddle. The Sphinx had placed a heavy tax on the Thebans and forced them into poverty. Oedipus was able to conquer and banish the Sphinx.
The people of Thebes had to pay a toll to the Sphinx before they could pass. If they failed to answer her riddle correctly, they would be killed.
the young
She lived for a time in Thebes.
Oedipus liberated Thebes by solving the Sphinx's riddle. The Sphinx had placed a heavy tax on the Thebans and forced them into poverty. Oedipus was able to conquer and banish the Sphinx.
Oedipus liberated Thebes by solving the Sphinx's riddle. The Sphinx had placed a heavy tax on the Thebans and forced them into poverty. Oedipus was able to conquer and banish the Sphinx.
She lived for a time in Thebes.