A god or a monster?

Naples Adventure Moderator: Ha, you've already seen the Pyramids of Giza, I see. Then you should have no problems accepting this request. Did you notice a huge statue next to the Pyramids? This request is to investigate that statue. You should gather information at Athens. Alright then, I'm counting on you.

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Athens Roaming Alchemist : The statue next to the pyramids of Giza... tell me, do you know the story of Oedipus? That statue was made to resemble a monster from that story. Why not use the archives here in town to research more on this monster? Then come back and see me again, if you like.

Athens Scholar: Ah, Oedipus, is it? Long ago, here in Greece, there was a country called Thebes. Oedipus as the son of the King og Thebes, Laius, and his wife Jocasta. The theology library has an outline of the whole story, I believe. reading that might provide what you need.

Athens Archive Theology book: When Oedipus was travelling back to Thebes a monster sent by the goddess Hera posed him a riddle. Seating atop a mountain on the way into Thebes, the monster had the face of a woman, the body of a lion and the wings of a hawk, and asked the same question of all passersby. Those who got the answer wrong where eaten alive.

Athens Archive Theology Book: The riddle was, "What walks on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon and three at night, and the more legs it has, the weaker it be?" Answering the riddle was the only way to free Thebes from the menace of the monster. However none of the citizens could do so, and the number of victims continued to mount.

Athens Roaming Alchemist: You've read as far as the riddle, have you? Do you know the answer? Allow me to let you in on the secret... the answer is a human. Take morning, afternoon and night as a lifetime, crawling on all-fours as a baby, walking upright when grown and then using a cane for aide when old.

Athens Roaming Alchemist: The first to answer the riddle correctly was Oedipus. When the riddle was solved it is said the monster proceeded to throw itself from its mountain perch, to its death. Thebes was freed, but I can't help but feel a little sorry for the beast, terrifying though it must have been...

Athens Roaming Alchemist: But there's something else you should know. Although the creature was a terrifying monster in ancient Greece, in Egypt it was seen was the divine incarnation of the Pharaoh's power, with the Pharaoh's face and lions'body. The passage of time turns a god into a monster, and male into female...

Travel to Landing point opposite Cairo. Head to second level via the Diagonal boulder in the North. Use Recog by the mouth of the Sphinx.