Answer | Crossword Clue |
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NOONE | Before Oedipus, who could answer the riddle of the Sphinx |
sphinxes | A winged monster of Thebes, having a woman's head and a lion's body. It propounded a riddle about the three ages of man, killing those who failed to solve it, until Oedipus was successful, whereupon the Sphinx committed suicide |