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Tiresias

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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In the Greek mythology a soothsayer, who had been struck blind either by Athena or Hera, but on whom in compensation Zeus had conferred the gift of prophecy, and length of days beyond the ordinary term of existence.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Tiresias'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​t/tiresias.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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