For he crawls in his infancy, walks during his life, and when he grows old, he relies on a staff to walk." "What is the creature that walks on four legs in the morning, at noon on two, and at night on three?" Gods and villagers were attentive at that moment and watched as Oedipus approached the great Sphinx. The gods, seeing Oedipus' firmness, offered him to create a pact in which, if he won, they would respect all living beings and would never again enslave them.Īnd without further ado, the day of the event arrived. Thus, thanks to his ingenuity, he told them that the day of slavery would end once and for all at that very moment. To do this, he organized an event where all the gods and the people subdued by the deities would meet. The people, resigned to living as slaves for the rest of their lives, were pleasantly surprised by a young man who said that the day of being free had arrived and offered to free the people.
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