what was the correct answer to the sphinx' riddle?
Answers.comÂ® is making the world better one answer at a time. The riddle of the sphinx is: what walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, and3 in the evening? The answer is MAN - Walks on 4 legs as an infant 2 legs as an adult and 2 legs + a cane in the elderly years. 27 people found this useful.