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
Even two standbys from Greek myth, the now decrepit Kadmos, who once sowed the dragon’s teeth, and the aged prophet Teiresias decide to join Dionysos’s posse.
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
Meanwhile I crouched with my drawn sword to keep the surging phantoms from the bloody pit till I should know the presence of Teiresias.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
