Riddle

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 that Homer died of chagrin because he could not solve a certain riddle. (See Sphinx.)

Father of riddles. So the Abbé Cotin dubbed himself, but posterity has not confirmed his right to the title. (1604–1682.) (See Ree.)