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Calchas

British  
/ ˈkælkæs /

noun

  1. Greek myth a soothsayer who assisted the Greeks in the Trojan War

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At last the soothsayer, Calchas, declared that the gods had spoken to him: Artemis was angry.

From Literature

Then the prophet Calchas stood up and said he knew why the god was angry, but that he was afraid to speak unless Achilles would guarantee his safety.

From Literature

Their prophet Calchas told them that he had no message from the gods for them, but that there was a man among the Trojans who knew the future, the prophet Helenus.

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When Calchas declared that Chryseis must be given back to her father, he had all the chiefs behind him and Agamemnon, greatly angered, was obliged to agree.

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The truth is that the prophet Calchas has determined that Agamemnon must sacrifice his daughter to the goddess Artemis for the winds to change.

From Los Angeles Times