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The Blind
Prophet is named for Tiresias, the famous seer who appears
throughout Greek drama. (In the illustration to the left,
Odysseus is encountering Tiresias in Hades.)
The name emerged one evening during
dinner during the charrette. As we ate around a large table
set up on the porch, we watched two large black snakes climbing the
stone chimney, then disappearing, one after the other, into the
rafters. Our speculations as to their purpose inspired John to
tell us the story of how Tiresias came to be blind, partly as a
result of his encounter with two snakes.
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