"Tiresias" Pronounce,Meaning And Examples

"Tiresias" Meaning

In Greek mythology, Tiresias is a blind prophet who possessed the gift of sight that surpasses normal human capabilities. This is because, as a young man, he had once spied two artificially created copulating serpents in the woods on the advice of Athena, and the goddess subsequently blinded him as punishment since he had seen something that was intended to be private. However, due to his exceptional piety and the fact that he was forbidden to look at the gods, he was compensated with the gift of prophetic prevision that erased the defects of his bodily senses.

"Tiresias" Examples

Tiresias

1. Literary Reference

Tiresias is a character in Greek mythology who is known for being able to see into the future. He is cited in "The Waste Land" by T.S. Eliot as an example of prophetic insight.

2. Sex Change Experience

In Ovid's "Metamorphoses", Tiresias is given the gift of sight, but also cursed with the fate of being able to see into the future for 7 years at a time. He is also changed from a man to a woman and vice versa.

3. Symbolic Reference

Tiresias is often used as a symbol for the character of prophets or seers in literature and art, representing the ability to see beyond the present moment.

4. Ahistorical Fiction

In the "Left Behind" series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, Tiresias is mentioned as a prophecetic figure, and one of the characters becomes a 'modern-day' Tiresias, having prophetic visions.

5. Medical Reference

Prognosis bw Tiresias is the eyes disease condition in Sepichrin lens catarantonia.