Calchas

Also known as: Chalcas · Role: seer · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 3.13

🌐 Also appears in: The Iliad (as Calchas) · Greek Tragedy — The Same Myth, Three Voices (as Calchas)

Calchas, also known as Chalcas, declared that Troy could not be taken without Achilles. Among the Greeks, he prophesied that victory required the bow and arrows of Heracles, prompting Odysseus to go with Diomedes to Philoctetes in Lemnos.

Afterward, Calchas left his ships in Ilium and journeyed by land to Colophon with Amphilochus, Leonteus, Podalirius, and Polypoetes. There, Mopsus wrangled with him about the art of divination.

Relationship record

Apollodorus, Library 3.13

with Achilles (interaction) “Calchas declared that Troy could not be taken without him”

Apollodorus, Epitome 5

with greeks (The Greeks are a collective reference, not an entity.) “Calchas prophesied to them that Troy could not be taken unless they had the bow and arrows of Hercules fighting on their side.”
with Philoctetes (interaction) “Calchas prophesied to them that Troy could not be taken unless they had the bow and arrows of Hercules fighting on their side. On hearing that, Ulysses went with Diomedes to Philoctetes in Lemnos”
with Odysseus (interaction) “Calchas prophesied to them that Troy could not be taken unless they had the bow and arrows of Hercules fighting on their side.”
with Heracles (interaction) “Calchas prophesied to them that Troy could not be taken unless they had the bow and arrows of Hercules fighting on their side.”

Apollodorus, Epitome 6

with Mopsus (They disputed each other's divination.) “he wrangled with Calchas about the art of divination”
with Amphilochus (They journeyed together.) “Amphilochus, and Calchas, and Leonteus, and Podalirius, and Polypoetes left their ships in Ilium and journeyed by land to Colophon”
with Leonteus (They journeyed together.) “Amphilochus, and Calchas, and Leonteus, and Podalirius, and Polypoetes left their ships in Ilium and journeyed by land to Colophon”
with Podalirius (They journeyed together.) “Amphilochus, and Calchas, and Leonteus, and Podalirius, and Polypoetes left their ships in Ilium and journeyed by land to Colophon”
with Polypoetes (They journeyed together.) “Amphilochus, and Calchas, and Leonteus, and Podalirius, and Polypoetes left their ships in Ilium and journeyed by land to Colophon”
rivals with Mopsus (They disputed as diviners.) “he wrangled with Calchas about the art of divination”

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Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.