Victory smiled upon Zeus. […] Seated on a rock near the city, she proposed to every passer-by the riddle, “What animal is it that goes in the morning upon four feet, at noon upon two, and in the evening upon three?” […] “Man, as a child, in the morning of life creeps upon hands and feet, at the noon-tide of life he walks on two feet, and in the evening, when old age has stolen upon him, he needs a staff for a support, and goes, as it were, upon three feet.” […] He prayed to Zeus to bestow upon him some sign of favor. […] The hand of Helen was then bestowed upon Menelaus.