Calchas

human_specialist earth Greek single tradition · 3

Calchas is a seer who sees an omen of a hawk and dove, and suggests that the Greeks try a new strategy to take Troy.

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When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 2020
Historical notes
Trojan War era.

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Sources

Source passages

“Prompted by an omen, the seer Calchas advises the Greeks to resort to trickery.”

#40939 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat

“it is Menelaus who convinces Agamemnon to heed the seer Calchas's advice. After Agamemnon sends a message to Clytemnestra informing her of Iphigenia's supposed marriage, he immediately regrets his decision and tries to send another letter telling them not to come”

#42633 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Furthermore, when Achilles was nine years old, Calchas had prophesied that Troy could not again fall without his help.”

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