--Fulgentius, Myth. II.8
When Tiresias saw two snakes mating, he struck them with a stick and was turned into a woman. After a while, he saw them mating again, and as soon as he struck them again he returned to his original body (in pristinam naturam).
FULGENTIUS
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Name: Fabius Planciades
Fulgentius
Date: 5h – 6th
c. CE
Works: Expositio Sermonum Antiquorum Expositio
Virgilianae
Mythology*
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REGION 3
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Little is known about the life of Fulgentius, but his writing style and
internal evidence from his texts suggest that he was North African. In his
three volume work Mythology, he analyzes common Greco-Roman myths, identifying
allegorical, rational, or didactical purposes for each myth.
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BYZANTINE / LATE LATIN
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