Death
Tiresias died after drinking water from the tainted spring Tilphussa, where he was struck by an arrow of Apollo. Later, he descended to the fields of Asphodel, the first level of Hades. After his death he was visited in the underworld by Odysseus, to whom he gave valuable advice concerning the rest of his voyage, specifically concerning the cattle of Helios, advice which Odysseus' men did not follow, to their peril.
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