Tiresias

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. 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.

Word forms

Tiresias Teiresias

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τειρεσίας (Teiresías).

Related words

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