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In Greek mythology, Tiresias (/ t aɪ ˈ r iː s i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Τειρεσίας, romanized: Teiresías) was a blind prophet of Apollo in Thebes, famous for clairvoyance and for being transformed into a woman for seven years. He was the son of the shepherd Everes and the nymph Chariclo. [1]
The theme of blindness has been explored by many different cultures throughout history, with blind characters appearing in stories from ancient Greek mythology and Judeo-Christian religious texts. In the modern era, blindness has featured in numerous works of literature and poetry by authors such as William Shakespeare , William Blake , and H ...
Erymanthus (mythology) Evenius; Exorcising the blind and mute man; G. Graeae; H. Healing the blind near Jericho; Healing the man blind from birth;
This is an index of lists of mythological figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. List of Greek deities; List of mortals in Greek mythology; List of Greek legendary creatures; List of minor Greek mythological figures; List of Trojan War characters; List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters
Odysseus is weeping at the court of Alcinous as the blind minstrel Demodocus sings about Odysseus and Achilles at Troy while playing the harp.. In the Odyssey by Homer, Demodocus (/ d ɪ ˈ m ɒ d ə k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Δημόδοκος, romanized: Dēmódokos) is a poet who often visits the court of Alcinous, king of the Phaeacians on the island of Scherie.
In Greek mythology, Phineus [1] (/ ˈ f ɪ n iː ə s, ˈ f ɪ n. j uː s /; Ancient Greek: Φινεύς, romanized: Phineús Ancient Greek: [pʰiː.neǔs]), was a king of Salmydessus in Thrace [2] and seer, who appears in accounts of the Argonauts' voyage. [3] Some accounts make him a king in Paphlagonia [4] or in Arcadia. [5]
An engraving of Orion from Johann Bayer's Uranometria, 1603 (US Naval Observatory Library). In Greek mythology, Orion (/ ə ˈ r aɪ ə n /; Ancient Greek: Ὠρίων or Ὠαρίων; Latin: Orion) [1] was a giant huntsman whom Zeus (or perhaps Artemis) placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion.
Beyond being a mere personification, Ate has little actual identity. [10] In the Iliad, Agamemnon, the leader of Greek expedition against Troy, tells the story of Ate's deception of Zeus, and her subsequent banishment from Olympus, an etiological myth supposedly explaining how Ate entered the world of men. [11]