With regard to your interpretation of the Riddle of the Sphinx, "Man" is NOT a silly answer. At least in the retelling of the riddle in Apollodorus' collection of mythic tales, the Greek word is "anthropos" which means "man" as a species, i.e., human as opposed to some other kind of being.
What a great diversion from my obsession with events like the current wars etc. Thank you Ugo.
With regard to your interpretation of the Riddle of the Sphinx, "Man" is NOT a silly answer. At least in the retelling of the riddle in Apollodorus' collection of mythic tales, the Greek word is "anthropos" which means "man" as a species, i.e., human as opposed to some other kind of being.