Mopsus

Role: Lapith · First appears: The Shield of Heracles · Part 2

Mopsus was the son of Ampyce of Titaresia, and in The Melampodia he is named as the son of Manto, daughter of Teiresias. At Clarus, after Mopsus correctly answered Calchas’s riddle, Calchas died of vexation; the account calls Mopsus “a seer greater than himself”.

Relationship record

Life events

• After Mopsus correctly answers his riddle, Calchas dies of vexation.(The Melampodia · 📍 Clarus)
  • With: Calchas
  • “But happening to find near Clarus a seer greater than himself, Mopsus, the son of Manto, Teiresias’ daughter, he died of vexation.”

The Shield of Heracles · Part 2

• parent: Ampyce “Mopsus the son of Ampyce of Titaresia, a scion of Ares, and Theseus, the son of Aegeus, like unto the deathless gods.”

The Melampodia

• parent: Manto “a seer greater than himself, Mopsus, the son of Manto, Teiresias’ daughter”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of Hesiod and Homerica. Made with Rho MD.