Tiresias, Under Cross-Examination

Menippus subjects the blind prophet to relentless anatomical questioning about his stretch as a woman: did he have a womb, did it disappear, did the beard come in gradually or all at once. Tiresias retreats to his standard story about settling a dispute among the gods. Menippus diagnoses the professional habit: none of them can manage a straight word. Cast: Menippus, Tiresias.