Riddle me this

[Leon Machado IV]

Originally Posted by FotoPlasma

A man.
Four feet (hands and knees, crawling) in the morning of life (childhood).
Two feet in the middle of life.
Three feet (feet and a cane) in the evening of life (elderlyhood?).

Never read Oedipus, though. I heard it somewhere else.

I can run but never walk. I have a mouth but never talk. I have a bed but
never sleep. I have a head but never weep.

Yep, that's the riddle of the sphinx. Retold in greek mythology and other mythologies as well. Very very famous and equally as old.