Teiresias · Atlas

in the texts

OdysseyClassical · Greek

The deceased Theban prophet whose ghost retains full consciousness and whom Odysseus must consult.

Then I went about among the men everywhere all over the house, and spoke kindly to each of them man by man:

More particularly you must promise that Teiresias shall have a black sheep all to himself, the finest in all your flocks.

general estimate of classes in the progress of our ¶

The seer [ mantis] will presently come to you, and will tell you about your voyage - what stages you are to make, and how you are to sail the sea so as to reach your home [ nostos].

chapter 10 ¶

OrationsImperial · Greek

Blind prophet of Thebes who revealed Oedipus' true parentage.

But what I forgot to say about Oedipus, that he did not go to Delphi to consult the oracle, but, having met with Teiresias, reaped great evils from that man's divination through his own ignorance.

oration 10 ¶

I reasoned, then, that Odysseus, after so many wanderings, did not shrink from wandering again, carrying an oar, on the counsel of Teiresias, a dead man, until he should meet with men who did not even know the sea by report;

oration 13 ¶

PhoenissaeClassical · Greek

Blind Theban prophet led by his daughter, summoned by Eteocles and Creon for counsel before the battle.

Teiresias:

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Teiresias:

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Teiresias:

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ProtrepticusLate Antiquity · Greek

Blind Theban seer directly addressed and urged to abandon Bacchic frenzy and divination for Christ.

hasten, Teiresias, believe;

protrepticus ¶

BacchaeClassical · Greek

The blind Theban seer who defends the new worship of Dionysus and rebukes Pentheus for impiety.

Teiresias:

bacchae ¶

Teiresias:

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she nourishes mortals with dry food;

bacchae ¶

IsthmeanClassical · Greek

Legendary Theban prophet, invoked among the city's foremost mythic glories for his shrewd counsel.

Or did you delight most in the shrewd counsels of Teiresias?

chapter 7 ¶

NemeanClassical · Greek

The Theban prophet summoned by Amphitryon to foretell the destiny of the infant Heracles.

And he called his neighbor, the outstanding prophet of Zeus the highest, the truthful seer Teiresias.

chapter 1 ¶

But he himself will have allotted to him in peace, as an extraordinary reward for his great hardship, continuous peace for all time among the homes of the blessed.

chapter 1 ¶

For he said that when the gods meet the giants in battle on the plain of Phlegra, the shining hair of the giants will be stained with dirt beneath the rushing arrows of that hero.

chapter 1 ¶

Alcibiades 2Classical · Greek

Legendary seer mentioned as wearing victory wreaths in the quoted closing lines.

And as Euripides has made Creon say when he sees Teiresias wearing his wreaths, and hears that he has obtained them, on account of his art, as first-fruits of the spoils of war:

alcibiades 2 ¶

AntigoneClassical · Greek

The blind Theban seer who warns Creon that his treatment of the dead has polluted the city and will cost him a child.

Creon:

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Creon:

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Creon:

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Oedipus TyrannusClassical · Greek

The blind Theban seer whose prophetic knowledge exposes Oedipus as the source of pollution and foretells the ruin bound to his birth and kinship.

Chorus:

ichneutae ¶

Chorus:

book 2 ¶

Chorus:

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AnabasisClassical · Greek

The unnamed seer who interpreted the eagle omen when Xenophon set out from Ephesus.

it was sitting, however, and the soothsayer who was conducting him said that while the omen was one suited to the great rather than to an ordinary person, and while it betokened glory, it nevertheless portended suffering, for the reason that other birds are most apt to attack the eagle when it is sitting;

chapter 6 ¶