Tossup

Description acceptable. The son of a man with this ability tried to escape the Furies after avenging his father by traveling to a silted river, (10[1])but died while trying to find a necklace for Callirrhoë (“kuh-LIRR-roh-ee”). A man with this ability resided in a cave in Boeotia (“bee-OH-shuh”) whose entrance was marked by (10[1])a trail of bees after he was sucked (-5[1])into the site (-5[1])of a laurel tree. A man with this ability convinced a wounded Tydeus to devour the brains of Melanippus. (10[1])In some (-5[1])stories, after hearing the nymph Chariclo’s (“CARE-ick-lo’s”) pleas, Athena granted this ability to a man (10[1])she had just punished for seeing her bathe. (10[3])This ability was possessed (10[1])by (10[1])Trophonius (10[1])and one of the Seven Against Thebes, (10[1])Amphiaraus. (10[1])A man with this ability (-5[1])witnessed a pair of copulating snakes (10[3])and was (10[1])transformed (-5[1])into a woman for the next seven years. For 10 points, name this supernatural ability of Tiresias. ■END■ (10[5])

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