|| A Greek folktale ||
A sphinx is a mythical creature from Greek & Egyptian mythologies.
Sphinx is said to have the head of a woman, the body of a lion and wings of a falcon.
Greek legend tells that Sphinx guarded the ancient Greek city of Thebes.
She would ask the passersby a riddle.
Only those that answered her correctly would be allowed to pass through. She would eat the others.
Her famous riddle was, ” What has 4 legs in the beginning, 2 legs later and 3 legs towards the last?”
Oedipus was a Greek nobleman who was entering the city Thebus one day. He was asked the same question by her.
Oedipus thought for a while and replied, “It is a man, who crawls on all fours as a infant, walks on two legs as a man and then walks with a support”
Sphinx knows the answer is right. She jumps off the tall cliff and is never heard of ever again.
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