Tiresias

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • 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.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τειρεσίας.

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