English Original
Tiresias was a blind prophet of Thebes, gifted with inner sight. In his youth, he was struck blind after accidentally seeing the goddess Athena bathing in a woodland lake. Enraged, Athena cursed the offender to perpetual blindness. Upon realizing the act was unintentional, she could not revoke her curse but compensated him with gifts: exceptional longevity from Zeus, the divine power of prophecy from Apollo, incredibly sharp hearing to understand birds, and profound knowledge of past and future events.
Tiresias became a revered seer. He was the first in Thebes to recognize and welcome Dionysus, god of wine. He foretold the divine destiny of the infant Heracles. He fearlessly revealed the truth to Oedipus, identifying him as the murderer of King Laius. Even in the underworld, his prophetic power persisted, where he offered crucial advice to the hero Odysseus. Honored in life, he was granted a blessed afterlife in the Elysian Fields.
中文翻译
泰瑞西斯是底比斯的一位盲人先知，拥有内在的视力。年轻时，他因偶然看见女神雅典娜在林间湖中沐浴而被致盲。盛怒之下，雅典娜诅咒冒犯者将永远失明。当意识到此举并非故意时，她已无法收回诅咒，但给予了补偿：从宙斯那里为他争取了非凡的长寿，从阿波罗那里获得了神圣的预言能力，极其敏锐的听力以听懂鸟语，以及对过去与未来事件的深刻知识。
泰瑞西斯成为了一位受人尊敬的先知。在底比斯，他是第一个认出并欢迎酒神狄俄尼索斯的人。他预言了婴儿赫拉克勒斯的神圣命运。他无畏地向俄狄浦斯揭示了真相，指出他才是杀害国王拉伊俄斯的真凶。即使到了冥界，他的预言能力依然存在，并在那里为英雄奥德修斯提供了关键建议。他生前备受尊崇，死后得以在极乐世界享受福佑。