Title: List of Riddles - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Description: The Riddle of the Sphinx According to legend, the sphinx perched high above a mountain terrorized travelers but promised safe passage to anyone who could successfully respond to her riddle: "What creature is that which in the morning walks on 4 legs, 2 at noon, and upon three in the evening?" The rogue royalty Oedipus came with the answer: "Man, who in childhood crawls on both knees and hands, in manhood walks erect, and in old age is aided with a staff." At this, the sphinx cast herself from her loft and perished. – PowerPoint PPT presentation