Associations to the word «Tiresias»
Noun
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Wiktionary
TIRESIAS, proper noun. (Greek mythology) A long-lived blind soothsayer who participated over seven generations in the legendary history of (the Greek city) Thebes, noted also for being transformed into a woman for seven years, so being symbolic of androgyny.
Dictionary definition
TIRESIAS, noun. (Greek mythology) the blind prophet of Thebes who revealed to Oedipus that Oedipus had murdered his father and married his mother.
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