In
the ancient Greek drama of Oedipus Rex by the
writer Sophocles in 429 BC. 
The protagonist Oedipus travels along the road to the ancient
Greek city of Thebes but is confronted by a female Sphinx who asks all travelers
a riddle upon pain of death should the answer be incorrect. Oedipus ponders
over the riddle – “What manner of creature walks on four feet in the morning, two in the afternoon and
three in the evening?“ As a result of Oedipus answering correctly the Sphinx
then kills herself and Oedipus continues
on his journey to the city of Thebes.
The protagonist Oedipus travels along the road to the ancient
Greek city of Thebes but is confronted by a female Sphinx who asks all travelers
a riddle upon pain of death should the answer be incorrect. Oedipus ponders
over the riddle – “What manner of creature walks on four feet in the morning, two in the afternoon and
three in the evening?“ As a result of Oedipus answering correctly the Sphinx
then kills herself and Oedipus continues
on his journey to the city of Thebes.
These
are the stories of the several feet of one such great man who became a man of destiny.
The collective histories narrate the three greatest battles of the early nineteenth century in Europe; Austerlitz 1805, Borodino 1812 and Waterloo 1815. These three battles and their indelible memories define three entirely different sets of footprints left buried within history's sands of time. These three stories reflect the three different moods, personalities and reasonings of a man who once rolled up the map of Europe and took a crown from a Pope's own hands to place upon his own head in defiance.
Napoléon
Bonaparte, 15th August 1769 – 5th May 1821.
