Tiresias
noun
Ti·re·si·as
tī-ˈrē-sē-əs 
-zē-
: a blind seer of Thebes who in one Greek myth is changed into a woman for several years and then changed back to a man
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The Oscar winner Rami Malek makes his London debut in the title role, alongside the Olivier winner Indira Varma as Jocasta and Cecilia Noble as the blind, yet all-knowing, Tiresias.
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Matt Wolf, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
To find his way home, the lost seafarer Odysseus must travel to the underworld to receive a prophecy from the blind seer, Tiresias.
—Hazlitt, 21 Aug. 2024
Protected by a black door with stained glass circles, the Mausoleum Tiresias is the first burial site for trans women in Mexico.
—Chantal Flores, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
Almost as an afterthought, Tiresias tells us about human senses and their vulnerabilities—for instance, premature macular degeneration, which has left Silver, their sight fading, singing hymns about photoreceptors.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2023
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Matt Wolf, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
To find his way home, the lost seafarer Odysseus must travel to the underworld to receive a prophecy from the blind seer, Tiresias.
—Hazlitt, 21 Aug. 2024
Protected by a black door with stained glass circles, the Mausoleum Tiresias is the first burial site for trans women in Mexico.
—Chantal Flores, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
Almost as an afterthought, Tiresias tells us about human senses and their vulnerabilities—for instance, premature macular degeneration, which has left Silver, their sight fading, singing hymns about photoreceptors.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2023
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“Tiresias.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Tiresias. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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