Josephus relates how Hiram, King of Tyre, and Solomon had once a contest in riddles, when Solomon won a large sum of money; but he subsequently lost it to Abdeʹmon, one of Hiram’s subjects.
Riddle. Plutarch states thatHomer died of chagrin because he could not solve a certain riddle. (SeeSphinx.)
Father of riddles. So the Abbé Cotin dubbed himself, but posterity has not confirmed his right to the title. (1604–1682.) (SeeRee.)
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