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Tiresias

ti·re·sias

uncommon

noun

1.

(Greek mythology) the blind prophet of Thebes who revealed to Oedipus that Oedipus had murdered his father and married his mother

Origin

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τειρεσίας (Teiresías).

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