Write a short note on the Riddle of Sphinx The Sphinx was a scary monster in Greek myths She had a lion s body wings and a woman s face She sat near the city of Thebes blocking the road She asked travelers a tricky riddle If they failed to answer she killed them The riddle was What walks on four legs in the morning two legs at noon and three legs in the evening Oedipus a brave and clever man came to Thebes When the Sphinx asked him the riddle he thought carefully He answered A human This is because a baby crawls on four legs in the morning childhood an adult walks on two legs at noon adulthood and an old man uses a cane as a third leg in the evening old age The Sphinx was shocked No one had ever solved her riddle Defeated the Sphinx