Ophioneus

Family: Messenian · Role: seer · First appears: Book 4 · Chapter 10

Life events

• Ophioneus, blind from birth, unexpectedly regains his sight after suffering a severe headache.(Book 4 · Chapter 12)
  • “It happened also that Ophioneus, the seer who was blind from birth, greatly to the surprise of all men recovered his sight: for he had a sharp headache and recovered his sight after it.”

Book 4 · Chapter 10

• with Epebolus (They shared a similar opinion as seers.) “And the opinions of the seers, Epebolus and Ophioneus, were both similar, that the kingdom of Æpytus and his descendants should not be conferred upon a man polluted with the murder of a daughter.”

Also listed in Messenian — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.