Oedipus and the Riddle of the Sphinx

What is the answer to the sphinx's riddle?

• Child

• Adult

• Woman

• Man

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Which character poses the riddle?

• The Sphinx

• Oedipus

• King Laius

• Minotaur

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What was the Sphinx according to greek mythology?

• A man with a bull's head

• A beast with a lion's body, the face and neck of a woman, and wings

• A lion with magical fur for protection

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Which traveler was able to answer the Sphinx's riddle on their way to Thebes?

• Theseus

• Hercules

• Oedipus

• Arachne

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What kind of question did the Sphinx ask the travelers?

• A riddle

• A question

• A poem

• A statement

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