Tiresias Definition & Meaning
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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- What does tiresias mean?
- (Greek mythology) the blind prophet of Thebes who revealed to Oedipus that Oedipus had murdered his father and married his mother
- What part of speech is tiresias?
- Tiresias is a noun.