of course everyone
knows the famous riddle
that drew a one-word answer
but the sphinx also threw another
at Oedipus just outside Thebes:
*a sister comes first and gives birth to another
and the second consumes and then births the first*
bored, the gifted Oedipus yawned his answer:
day and night
Oct 22, 2010
Oct 22, 2010 at 2:05 AM UTC
of course everyone
knows the famous riddle
that drew a one-word answer
but the sphinx also threw another
at Oedipus just outside Thebes:
*a sister comes first and gives birth to another
and the second consumes and then births the first*
bored, the gifted Oedipus yawned his answer:
day and night
a little-known riddle the sphinx asked of Oedipus; see also my poem: the first riddle
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