ID: 901000731 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000731	Record Type: Character/Person

	Tiresias (Greek character)

Note: In Greek mythology, a blind Theban seer, the son of one of Athena’s favorites, the nymph Chariclo. He is a participant in several well-known legends. Among the ancient authors who mention him are Sophocles, Euripides, Pindar, and Ovid.

Names:

	Tiresias (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Τειρεσίας (Greek character) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Tiresias (Greek character) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... character (person by activity)
	.....(people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
	.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Tiresias (Greek character)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/32044/unknown-maker-two-handled-cup-with-relief-decoration-roman-1st-century-ad/
	Τειρεσίας (Greek character)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiresias

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Teiresias," accessed 11 July 2017