Where did the word " Sphinx " come from ?
Michael Maier in his book , the Atalanta Fugiens ( 1617 ) writes the following remark about the Sphinx 's riddle , in which he states that the solution is the Philosopher 's Stone:Sphinx is indeed reported to have had many Riddles , but this offered to Oedipus was the chief , " What is that which in the morning goeth upon four feet ; upon two feet in the afternoon ; and in the Evening upon three ? "