Note this entire site has moved to http://messagenetcommresearch.com. Please update your links to us to use this new web address. Thank you!
Greek Mythology > People, Places, & Things > Calchas
C to Celaeno Celeos to Chthonios Chthonios to Confusion Copais to Cymatolege Cyme to Cyzicos
The seer who was with the Greeks at the siege Troy; he was the son of Thestor and was given the gift of divination by Apollon.
When the Argive fleet was about to sail for Troy from the island of Aulis, Boreas (North Wind) would not let the ships leave the harbor; the seer, Kalkhas, said that unless Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter, Iphianassa, to the goddess Artemis, the fleet would not be allowed to leave Aulis.
Kalkhas also prophesied that the war with Troy would last for ten years when he saw a blood-red snake eat eight baby sparrows and the mother; he reasoned that the nine birds symbolized a weakening of the Trojans and that the tenth year would bring victory for the Greeks.
His name may also be rendered as Kalchas.
Cut and paste the following text for use in a paper or electronic document report.
| Stewart, Michael. "People, Places & Things: Calchas", Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant. http://messagenetcommresearch.com/myths/ppt/Calchas_1.html |
Cut and paste the following html for use in a web report.
| Stewart, Michael. "People, Places & Things: Calchas", <i>Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant</i>. http://messagenetcommresearch.com/myths/ppt/Calchas_1.html |
Cut and paste the following html for use in a web report. This format will link back to this page, which may be useful but may not be required.
| Stewart, Michael. "People, Places & Things: Calchas", <i>Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant</i>. <a href="http://messagenetcommresearch.com/myths/ppt/Calchas_1.html">http://messagenetcommresearch.com/myths/ppt/Calchas_1.html</a> |
C to Celaeno Celeos to Chthonios Chthonios to Confusion Copais to Cymatolege Cyme to Cyzicos
Original content Copyright 1996–2005 Michael Stewart. All Rights Reserved.
Website design and structure Copyright 2005 Michael Wiik
Site development and maintenance by Messagenet Communications Research