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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