Herodotus' Histories

Callias (descendant of Iamos)

Also known as: Callias · Family: Elis · Role: diviner · First appears: Book 5 · §36–44

Book 5 · §36–44

  • with Iamos (Callias is described as a descendant of Iamos.) “a diviner of Elis and one of the descendants of Iamos”
  • with Telys (Callias fled from Telys.) “he ran away, they say, from Telys the despot of the Sybarites, when the sacrifices did not prove favourable, as he was sacrificing for the expedition against Croton, and so he came to them.”
  • parent: Iamos (Callias is a descendant of Iamos.) “a diviner of Elis and one of the descendants of Iamos,”

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