Tiresias
Publié le 22/02/2012
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Greek The blind seer of Thebes, a figure
who appears several times in Greek mythology.
According to some legends, Athene struck Tiresias
blind because he saw her bathing. Another legend
says that it was Hera who struck Tiresias blind.
Some scholars think that the figure of Tiresias as a
wise man is a mythological embodiment of the person
who is out of the ordinary (blind, lame, or otherwise
afflicted), endowed with special gifts such as those of
Tiresias and Hephaestus, the lame smith-god.
Liens utiles
- Francis POULENC : LES MAMELLES DE TIRESIAS (résumé et analyse de l’œuvre – Répertoire lyrique)
- Tiresias - Mythology.