links for 2006-11-27

• Tiresias the seer
  After slighting the goddess Hera (or Athena) Tiresias is blinded but given the gift of second sight as a consolation.
  (tags: eyes optic blindness vision)
• Oedipus
  The blind seer Tiresias prophesises that Oedipus will kill his father and marry his mother. Upon realising that the prophecy has come to pass, O blinds himself.
  (tags: eyes optic blindness vision)