Tiresias
Died c. 1200 BCE
Blind Theban seer whose shade tells Odysseus his future in the Odyssey.
Tiresias is a blind seer from legend and epic tradition.
This is a figure of legend or epic. The dates are estimates from the setting of the story, not historical facts.
- Known as
- Blind seer
- Category
- Legends & Epics
- Died
- c. 1200 BCE
From the same age of legend
- Alcinous Born c. 1230 BCE, king of the Phaeacians
- Demodocus Born c. 1230 BCE, blind bard
- Menelaus Born c. 1230 BCE, Greek king
- Menestheus Born c. 1230 BCE, leader of Athens
- Arete Born c. 1225 BCE, queen of the Phaeacians
- Eumaeus Born c. 1225 BCE, swineherd
Portrait: Pietro della Vecchia, Public domain.
