what was the riddle of the sphinx in Oedipus Rex?

[nastiafan99]

BONUS:what was the plague of the people of thebes??

 

[Bloobeduu]

It was something along the lines of this right?:

What walks on/has four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three in the evening?

The answer? Man. A baby crawls, a man walks on his own two legs, and an older man uses a cane.