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The Fifth Group Member 陈凤 刘慧 李思谨 卢丹丹 喻丽华 黄祥艳 周小兰 王露 “What walks on four in the morning, two in the afternoon and three at night?” Oedipus: man. as an infant, he crawls on all fours; as an adult, he walks on two legs ;in old age, he uses a walking stick. A?prophet?warned?King?Laius?of?Thebes?that?because?he?had?married?his?cousin?Jocasta.He?would?be?killed?by?his?son． To?avoid?the?disaster,he? ordered?his?loyal?shepherd?to ?kill?his?newborn?baby?son． The?good?hearted?slave, however, could?not?bring?himself?to?do?the?evil?deed. He?pierced?the?baby?s?feet and?tied?them?with?ropes．Then ?he?turned?the?baby?over?to?the? care?of?a?fellow?shepherd?who ?happened?to?be?the?servant?of?the?king?of?Corint. The?child?was?given?the?name?of?Oedipus. The?prince?had?never? doubted?that?the?king? was?not?his?real?father until?one?day?he?heard? ssomeone?talking?about?his? his parentage． ?Deeply?troubled,he?went?to?Delphi?to?require?about?his?birth.There?he?was?warned?by?Apollo?not?to?return?to?his?native?country, because if?he?do?so?,?he?would?kill?his?father ?and?marry?his?mother．The ?frightened?young?man?turned?his back?on?Corinth,determined?not?to? return?where?his?supposed?parents? lived． Oedipus?had?not?gone?far?on?his?way?to?Thebes?when?he?saw?a?cart?coming?towards?him. The?man?who sitting?in?the?cart was angry?at?the?young?man?in?the?way, whipped?him?on?the?face?with?an?oath. Oedipus?jumped?onto?the?cart?and? killed?him?in?his?anger． Sphinx，?who?produced?a?riddle?to ?them.The?crown?and?the?hand?of?the?widow?queen?were?offered?to?anyone?who?could?solve?the?riddle.Oedipus?met?Sphinx?on?a?cliff．To?the ?monster?s?riddle,“What?animal?walks?on?four?legs?in?the?morning, on?two?at?noon,and?on?three?at?