Tiresias: The Ancient Mediterranean Religions Source Database

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Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3.6.7

ἦν δὲ παρὰ Θηβαίοις μάντις Τειρεσίας Εὐήρους καὶ Χαρικλοῦς νύμφης, ἀπὸ γένους Οὐδαίου τοῦ Σπαρτοῦ, γενόμενος τυφλὸς τὰς ὁράσεις. οὗ περὶ τῆς πηρώσεως καὶ τῆς μαντικῆς λέγονται λόγοι διάφοροι. ἄλλοι μὲν γὰρ αὐτὸν ὑπὸ θεῶν φασι τυφλωθῆναι, ὅτι τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἃ κρύπτειν ἤθελον ἐμήνυε, Φερεκύδης δὲ ὑπὸ Ἀθηνᾶς αὐτὸν τυφλωθῆναι· οὖσαν γὰρ τὴν Χαρικλὼ προσφιλῆ τῇ Ἀθηνᾶ 1 -- γυμνὴν ἐπὶ πάντα ἰδεῖν, τὴν δὲ ταῖς χερσὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ καταλαβομένην 2 -- πηρὸν ποιῆσαι, Χαρικλοῦς δὲ δεομένης ἀποκαταστῆσαι πάλιν τὰς ὁράσεις, μὴ δυναμένην τοῦτο ποιῆσαι, τὰς ἀκοὰς διακαθάρασαν πᾶσαν ὀρνίθων φωνὴν ποιῆσαι συνεῖναι, καὶ σκῆπτρον αὐτῷ δωρήσασθαι κράνειον, 3 -- ὃ φέρων ὁμοίως τοῖς βλέπουσιν ἐβάδιζεν. Ἡσίοδος δέ φησιν ὅτι θεασάμενος περὶ Κυλλήνην ὄφεις συνουσιάζοντας καὶ τούτους τρώσας ἐγένετο ἐξ ἀνδρὸς 1 -- γυνή, πάλιν δὲ τοὺς αὐτοὺς ὄφεις παρατηρήσας συνουσιάζοντας ἐγένετο ἀνήρ. διόπερ Ἥρα καὶ Ζεὺς ἀμφισβητοῦντες πότερον τὰς γυναῖκας ἢ τοὺς ἄνδρας ἥδεσθαι μᾶλλον ἐν ταῖς συνουσίαις συμβαίνοι, τοῦτον ἀνέκριναν. ὁ δὲ ἔφη δέκα μοιρῶν περὶ τὰς συνουσίας οὐσῶν τὴν μὲν μίαν ἄνδρας ἥδεσθαι, τὰς δὲ ἐννέα 1 -- γυναῖκας. ὅθεν Ἥρα μὲν αὐτὸν ἐτύφλωσε, Ζεὺς δὲ τὴν μαντικὴν αὐτῷ ἔδωκεν. τὸ ὑπὸ Τειρεσίου λεχθὲν πρὸς Δία καὶ Ἥραν· οἴην μὲν μοῖραν δέκα μοιρῶν τέρπεται ἀνήρ, τὰς δὲ δέκʼ ἐμπίπλησι γυνὴ τέρπουσα νόημα. 2 -- ἐγένετο δὲ καὶ πολυχρόνιος. οὗτος οὗν Θηβαίοις μαντευομένοις 3 -- εἶπε νικήσειν, ἐὰν Μενοικεὺς ὁ Κρέοντος Ἄρει σφάγιον αὑτὸν ἐπιδῷ. τοῦτο ἀκούσας Μενοικεὺς ὁ Κρέοντος ἑαυτὸν πρὸ τῶν πυλῶν ἔσφαξε. μάχης δὲ γενομένης οἱ Καδμεῖοι μέχρι τῶν τειχῶν συνεδιώχθησαν, καὶ Καπανεὺς ἁρπάσας κλίμακα ἐπὶ τὰ τείχη διʼ αὐτῆς ἀνῄει, καὶ Ζεὺς αὐτὸν κεραυνοῖ. Now there was among the Thebans a soothsayer, Tiresias, son of Everes and a nymph Chariclo, of the family of Udaeus, the Spartan, and he had lost the sight of his eyes. Different stories are told about his blindness and his power of soothsaying. For some say that he was blinded by the gods because he revealed their secrets to men. But Pherecydes says that he was blinded by Athena; for Chariclo was dear to Athena

Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

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1. Hesiod, Theogony, 925-929, 924 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE) 924. Beneath that Hell, residing with the lord
2. Homer, Odyssey, 8.59-8.65, 8.71-8.82 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
3. Homeric Hymns, To Hermes, 471-472, 532-540, 556, 470 (8th cent. BCE - 6th cent. BCE) 470. The deathless gods, and you are good and strong.
4. Pindar, Olympian Odes, 7.35-7.38 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
actaeon	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 225
apollo,as father of manteis	Johnston (2008), Ancient Greek Divination, 112
arcas	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 225
athena,birth	Pirenne-Delforge and Pironti (2022), The Hera of Zeus: Intimate Enemy, Ultimate Spouse, 52
athena	Pirenne-Delforge and Pironti (2022), The Hera of Zeus: Intimate Enemy, Ultimate Spouse, 52
bees and divination	Johnston (2008), Ancient Greek Divination, 112
blindness and divination	Johnston (2008), Ancient Greek Divination, 112
callisto	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 225
childbirth,divine	Pirenne-Delforge and Pironti (2022), The Hera of Zeus: Intimate Enemy, Ultimate Spouse, 52
chiron	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 225
cnossia nymph	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 225
dionysos	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 225
dispute	Pirenne-Delforge and Pironti (2022), The Hera of Zeus: Intimate Enemy, Ultimate Spouse, 52
eris	Pirenne-Delforge and Pironti (2022), The Hera of Zeus: Intimate Enemy, Ultimate Spouse, 52
filiation	Pirenne-Delforge and Pironti (2022), The Hera of Zeus: Intimate Enemy, Ultimate Spouse, 52
glaucus	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 225
helen	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 225
hephaistos	Pirenne-Delforge and Pironti (2022), The Hera of Zeus: Intimate Enemy, Ultimate Spouse, 52
hera,angry	Pirenne-Delforge and Pironti (2022), The Hera of Zeus: Intimate Enemy, Ultimate Spouse, 52
hermione	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 225
historians	Pamias (2017), Apollodoriana: Ancient Myths, New Crossroads, 165
kronos	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 225
lycaon	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 225
mantis,becoming a mantis	Johnston (2008), Ancient Greek Divination, 112
mantis	Johnston (2008), Ancient Greek Divination, 112
menelaus	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 225
metis	Pirenne-Delforge and Pironti (2022), The Hera of Zeus: Intimate Enemy, Ultimate Spouse, 52
mythographers (early)	Pamias (2017), Apollodoriana: Ancient Myths, New Crossroads, 172
neleus	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 225
nymph	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 225
oracle,oracular'	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 225
orpheus	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 225
pantheon,hesiodic	Pirenne-Delforge and Pironti (2022), The Hera of Zeus: Intimate Enemy, Ultimate Spouse, 52
philyra	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 225
phineas	Johnston (2008), Ancient Greek Divination, 112
rationalization	Pamias (2017), Apollodoriana: Ancient Myths, New Crossroads, 172
readership	Pamias (2017), Apollodoriana: Ancient Myths, New Crossroads, 165
sisyphus	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 225
sources of the bibliotheca	Pamias (2017), Apollodoriana: Ancient Myths, New Crossroads, 165
technai	Pirenne-Delforge and Pironti (2022), The Hera of Zeus: Intimate Enemy, Ultimate Spouse, 52
tiresias	Johnston (2008), Ancient Greek Divination, 112; Pirenne-Delforge and Pironti (2022), The Hera of Zeus: Intimate Enemy, Ultimate Spouse, 52
union,sexual	Pirenne-Delforge and Pironti (2022), The Hera of Zeus: Intimate Enemy, Ultimate Spouse, 52
xenodamus	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 225