کالخاس
Sign in to saveCalchas (; ) is an Argive mantis, or seer, in Greek mythology. Calchas appears in the opening scenes of the Iliad, and also has a long literary history after Homer.
Key facts
- Character.name
- Calchas ThestoridesΚάλχας Θεστορίδης
- Character.series
- Trojan War
- Character.image
- Fresco Iphigeneia MAN Naples.jpg
- Character.image_upright
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- Character.alt
- A peristyle fresco from Pompeii showing Calchas presiding over the sacrifice of Agamemnon's daughter, Iphigeneia, as the divine price for winds to carry the fleet to Troy.
- Character.caption
- Calchas presides at the sacrifice of Iphigeneia, the daughter of Agamemnon, as the divine price of the winds required to carry the fleet to Troy, in a peristyle fresco from Pompeii.
- Character.first_major
- Epic poetry
- Character.first_minor
- Iliad
- Character.last_minor
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- Character.creator
- Homer and his school
- Character.based_on
- Character from a traditional story of the Trojan War
- Character.adapted_by
- Greek oral poets presenting the story in poetry contests at festivals
- Character.nickname
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Wikidata facts
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- Calchas
- cause of death
- disappointment
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- present in work
- Iliad
- name in native language
- Κάλχας
- worshipped by
- Greek mythology
- manner of death
- natural causes
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