Calchas
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title:
Calchas
text:
Calchas is an Argive mantis, or "seer," dated to the Age of Legend, which is an aspect of Greek mythology. Calchas appears in the opening scenes of the Iliad, which is believed to have been based on a war conducted by the Achaeans against the powerful city of Troy in the Late Bronze Age. Calchas, a seer in the service of the army before Troy, is portrayed as a skilled augur, Greek ionópolos ('bird-savant'): "as an augur, Calchas had no rival in the camp." He received knowledge of the past, prese
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Seer in Greek mythology
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calchas
date created:
2002-09-04T18:41:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T20:44:56Z
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