Guest Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 (edited) My loving son could easily solve this riddle, & always first look right down the middle. Everywhere I go shrouded by death, Was I right! He led two till their very last breath. Tough the path to the blond beast, the seer not capable of eating his feast. Journey by seas, look to the sky! can you tell me now who am I? Edited December 23, 2008 by Socrates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 andromeda Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Aristotel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Right idea but I wouldn't make it that easy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 Is it a gost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 Hint for all... Think Mythology! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 Poseidon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Is it Icarus, or his father Daedalus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Is it Icarus, or his father Daedalus? Maybe it's Oudipous? It says blond beast, and the Sphinx was a blond beast. It could be Icarus, or Daedalus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 With sea journey ref and harpy plagued seer unable to eat feast, I went for blond beast as golden fleece. I can't fit that with the two led or "my son" though. Good riddle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Jason's mother, Tyro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 zeus or daedalus or athena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 (edited) I apologize for my time inconsistencies related to my attendance to this riddle. I must say that Shakeepuddn is the closest to the solution, just follow on that line of thought, just apply to all aspects of the riddle. Edited December 31, 2008 by Socrates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 polythemus' sheep? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 itachi-san Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 It's Posedion, and the bulk of the riddle describes his son, the Cyclops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 No one has hit the nail on the head yet. This riddle might require a more in depth knowledge of mythology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 The sky, Ouranos, and the Sea, Pontus or the Earth, Gaia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Major hint "My loving son could easily solve this riddle." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Athena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 It can't be Athena, as she was the "Virgin Goddess." Also, it was Hera who protected Jason.Laertes. He's the father of Odysseus (who was the problem solver) AND an argonaut. or Aegeus He (and Poseidon) was the father of Theseus. Theseus' ship was "shrouded" with a black sail indicating his supposed death and Theseus was an argonaut. I'm running out of options here and my Edith Hamilton is gone dog-eared! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 It can't be Athena, as she was the "Virgin Goddess." Also, it was Hera who protected Jason.Laertes. He's the father of Odysseus (who was the problem solver) AND an argonaut. or Aegeus He (and Poseidon) was the father of Theseus. Theseus' ship was "shrouded" with a black sail indicating his supposed death and Theseus was an argonaut. I'm running out of options here and my Edith Hamilton is gone dog-eared! Laertes Penelope was weaving (and unraveling) his death shroud while Odysseus was away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Jason... the man looking for the golden fleece.he got to men killed and after he ran out of hints for the fleece he had to help a blind prophet or seer get food from the harpies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Shakeepuddn great logical deduction as you narrowed the answer correctly down to Laertes. Sorry the centering was a little astray but if you read down the riddle starting with the "l" in loving you will find the man who completes the riddle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Sorry the centering was a little astray but if you read down the riddle starting with the "l" in loving you will find the man who completes the riddle.Shakeepuddn great logical deduction as you narrowed the answer correctly down to Laertes. I was tending toward Laertes quite early on but the end of the poem threw me: "Look to the sky" kept be thinking it was one of the 12 olympians. Can you clarify that part? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 This is probably the most difficult part of the riddle for you must be well versed in the stories of the Argonauts. At one point on their journey the crew loses faith in Jason, for he even doubts himself and the purpose of the trying journey, (this understandably being after the incident with the women on Lemnos.) After many days without the sight of land, the crew recognizes that they are lost at sea. Then as the crew confronts the delerious Jason, Laertes comments about the how if it was night the stars could aid them on their journey. At this point Jason remembers in his mind the constellations and if my memory serves correctly finds the correct direction to Colchis and the fleece is east. On a much simpler note that line can just be applied that Jason receives divine intervention throughout his epic trials and tribulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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My loving son could easily solve this riddle,
& always first look right down the middle.
Everywhere I go shrouded by death,
Was I right! He led two till their very last breath.
Tough the path to the blond beast,
the seer not capable of eating his feast.
Journey by seas, look to the sky! can you tell me now who am I?
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