This riddle describes the stages of a human's life. In the morning of life (infancy), a person crawls on all fours. In the afternoon (adulthood), they walk on two feet, and in the evening of life (old age), they often use a cane, representing the third "foot."
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.
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.)
someone that keeps finding pennys on the ground and then relized that the person in front of him/her has a hole in his/her pocket
a human, (four legs)walks as a baby on hands and knees(two legs)a person who walks on two legs (three legs) a guy with a cane.I know right this is one big lie and doesn't help you soz it is hard to find a three legged animal.
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The riddle of the sphinx is What walks on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three in the evening?
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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.
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.
What walks on three legs in the afternoon? Answer: Man walks on 4 legs in morning, as in a baby crawling, two legs in afternoon, as adult, and three at night, as a man with a cane
The riddle of the sphinx is: what walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, and3 in the evening? The answer is MAN - Walks on 4 legs as an infant 2 legs as an adult and 2 legs + a cane in the elderly years.
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The Riddle of the Sphinx : "What is that which in the morning goeth upon four feet; upon two feet in the afternoon; and in the Evening upon three?"Oedipus' reply was "Man , who in the morning of his life (As an infant.) crawls on all fours whereas at noon man walks (As an adult.) but in the evening man uses a cane due to old age .
man man crawls as a baby man walks in middle age man uses a cane when he's older
The riddle he solves was what walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon and walks on 3 legs in the evening? The answer was a human. 94 legs while crawling as a baby; 2 legs middle aged; and 3 legs while old (leaning on a cane).
Oedipus came across the Sphinx on his way to Thebes in Greece. The sphinx asked him "What walks on four feet in the morning, two in the afternoon and three in the evening?" Oedipus pondered on this question and then read his correct answer "Man." The sphinx killed herself for this was the correct answer. Humans crawl while they're babies, or the start of their lives (morning- start of day) making it four feet. Then they walk with two (in the middle of their lives- afternoon) and three nearing the end of their lives for they walk with a walking stick.
It is somewhat archaic. You could say "Mr. Jones goes out for walks of an evening" which is correct, but which also is not how this idea would usually be conveyed. In modern usage it would be more normal to say, "Mr. Jones goes out for walks in the evening." There are other possible contexts for that phrase as well such as, "Evening is my favorite time of day; I never get tired of an evening."