Calchas - Text References

The Iliad

Lattimore

• book 1, line 69 - Kalchas knew all things past and present; he was given his gift by Apollo and guided the Achaian Greeks to Troy
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• book 1, line 86 - Achilleus asks Kalchas to interpret the meaning of Apollo's punishment of the Greeks at Troy
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• book 1, line 105 - Agamemnon chides Kalchas for his interpretation of Apollo's wrath
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• book 2, line 300 - Odysseus tells Agamemnon to be patient and see if Kalchas' prophecy is true or false
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• book 2, line 322 - At Aulis, Kalchas interprets the meaning of the snake eating the birds and says that the war with Troy will last ten years
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• book 13, line 45 - Poseidon (lord of the Sea) assumes the guise of Kalchas to encourage the Achaean Greeks
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• book 13, line 70 - Aias, son of Oileus, realizes that one of the Immortals has taken the guise of Kalchas

Loeb

• book 1, line 69 - Calchas knew all things past and present; he was given his gift by Apollo and guided the Achaean Greeks to Troy
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• book 1, line 86 - Achilles asks Calchas to interpret the meaning of Apollon's punishment of the Greeks at Troy
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• book 1, line 105 - Agamemnon chides Calchas for his interpretation of Apollo's wrath
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• book 2, line 300 - Odysseus tells Agamemnon to be patient and see if Calchas' prophecy is true or false
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• book 2, line 322 - At Aulis, Calchas interprets the meaning of the snake eating the birds and says that the war with Troy will last ten years
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• book 13, line 45 - Poseidon (lord of the Sea) assumes the guise of Calchas to encourage the Achaean Greeks
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• book 13, line 70 - Aias, son of Oileus, realizes that one of the Immortals has taken the guise of Calchas

Fagles

• book 1, line 79 - Calchas knew all things past and present; he was given his gift by Apollon and guided the Achaean Greeks to Troy
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• book 1, line 100 - Achilles asks Calchas to interpret the meaning of Apollo's punishment of the Greeks at Troy
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• book 1, line 123 - Agamemnon chides Calchas for his interpretation of Apollo's wrath
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• book 2, line 351 - Odysseus tells Agamemnon to be patient and see if Calchas' prophecy is true or false
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• book 2, line 381 - At Aulis, Calchas interprets the meaning of the snake eating the birds and says that the war with Troy will last ten years
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• book 13, line 56 - Poseidon (lord of the Sea) assumes the guise of Calchas to encourage the Achaean Greeks
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• book 13, line 85 - Ajax, son of Oileus, realizes that one of the Immortals has taken the guise of Calchas

Fitzgerald

• book 1, line 80 - Kalkhas knew all things past and present; he was given his gift by Apollo and guided the Achaian Greeks to Troy
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• book 1, line 122 - Agamemnon chides Kalkhas for his interpretation of Apollo's wrath
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• book 2, lines 347 - Odysseus tells Agamemnon to be patient and see if Kalkhas' prophecy is true or false
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• book 2, line 375 - At Aulis, Kalkhas interprets the meaning of the snake eating the birds and says that the war with Troy will last ten years
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• book 13, line 52 - Poseidon (lord of the Sea) assumes the guise of Kalkhas to encourage the Achaian Greeks
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• book 13, line 81 - The son of Oileus realizes that one of the Immortals has taken the guise of Kalchas

The Melampodia

• fragment 1 - Kalchas met Mopsos (Mopsus) and was so vexed by the young man's wisdom that he died

The Kypria

• fragment 1, line 49 - Kalchas interprets the meaning of the snake and the sparrows

The Returns

• fragment 1 - Kalchas, Leontes and Polypoetes left Troy by land and arrived at Kolophon (Colophon) to bury the seer Teiresias who died there

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