Σφίγγα Θηβαίαν δὲ πάσας ἔστι τὰς πόρνας καλεῖν,
αἳ λαλοῦσ᾽ ἁπλῶς μὲν οὐδέν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν αἰνιγμοῖς τισιν,
ὡς ἐρῶσι καὶ φιλοῦσι καὶ σύνεισιν ἡδέως.
εἶτα ‘ τετράπους μοι γένοιτο, φησί, σκίμπους ἢ θρόνος,’
εἶτα δὴ ‘ τρίπους τις,’ εἶτα, φησί, ‘ παιδίσκη δίπους.’
εἶθ᾽ ὁ μὲν γνοὺς ταῦτ᾽ ἀπῆλθεν εὐθὺς ὥσπερ Οἰδίπους,
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