Meaning Of The Word Tiresias

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Tiresias in American English
a blind soothsayer of Thebes
noun: a blind prophet, usually said to have been blinded because he saw Athena bathing, and then to have been awarded the gift of prophecy as a consolation for his blindness

Tiresias in British English
noun: a blind soothsayer of Thebes, who revealed to Oedipus that the latter had murdered his father and married his mother

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