Chariclo

A nymph, the wife of Eueres and mother of Tiresias. It was at her request that Tiresias, who had been blinded by Athena, obtained from this goddess the power to understand the voices of the birds, and to walk with his black staff as safely as if he saw.

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References

Sources

  • Callimachus. Hymn to Pallas, 67 ff.
  • Pseudo-Apollodorus. The Library iii, 6.7.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.