English Dictionary

Tiresias

固有名詞

ギリシャ語

(Greek mythology) A long-lived blind soothsayer who participated over seven generations in the legendary history of (the Greek city) Thebes, noted also for being transformed into a woman for seven years, so being symbolic of androgyny.

日本語の意味

古代ギリシャ神話に登場する、長寿で盲目の予言者。テーベの伝説史において7世代以上にわたり活躍し、一時期女性へと変身したという逸話もあり、アンドロジニー（両性具有）の象徴ともされる存在。

Tiresias warned the kings of Thebes in a weary voice, his blindness sharpening his insight into human fate.

テーベの長生きした盲目の予言者は疲れた声で王たちに警告し、その盲目さが人間の運命への洞察力を鋭くしていた。

意味（1）

(Greek mythology) A long-lived blind soothsayer who participated over seven generations in the legendary history of (the Greek city) Thebes, noted also for being transformed into a woman for seven years, so being symbolic of androgyny.

[…]somewhere a ship's radio was blaring out the latest jazz-hit to reach Alexandria: Old Tiresias / No one half so breezy as, / Half so free and easy as / Old Tiresias.