Oedipus was the one who discovered the riddle of the Sphinx in Greek mythology. The Sphinx was a powerful creature that terrorized the city of Thebes with an unsolvable riddle. Oedipus answered the riddle correctly, causing the Sphinx to fall to its demise.
In mythology, the riddle of the Sphinx was solved by the Greek hero Oedipus. Oedipus answered the riddle correctly, which caused the Sphinx to take her own life and allowed Oedipus to become the King of Thebes.