Calchas
Britishnoun
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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 "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
At last the soothsayer, Calchas, declared that the gods had spoken to him: Artemis was angry.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
The journey of Calchas to Colophon and his death there, as told in the Nosti, is another instance of the kind.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
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