Teiresias
- a variation of Tiresias.
Example Sentences
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Their oracle, the seer Teiresias, enters the scene to give voice to their will and put Creon in the wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
When Teiresias, an old blind prophet, reveals under duress that the murderer is in fact Oedipus himself, the king, not knowing his true origins, reacts as though he’s the target of a political hit job.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2020
To which Teiresias replies, “That doesn’t sound very Dionysian.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2018
It opened 13 years after the acclaimed Peter Hall production starring Alan Howard, who returned to play the blind prophet Teiresias opposite Fiennes.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2013
He bade the boy, who was present when Teiresias spoke, “Up, my child, and fly with all speed from the land before the city learns.”
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
