Calchas

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Κάλχας, -αντος, ὁ, or say, son of Thestor.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Calchās: antis (
I gen. Calchae, Gell. ap. Charis. p. 50 P.; acc. Calcham, Pac. and Plaut. ib.; Calchanta, Verg. A. 2, 122; Val. Max. 8, 11, ext. 6; Stat. Achill. 1, 493; 2, 7; Calchantem, Cic. N D. 2, 3, 7; id. Div. 1, 40, 87; 2, 30, 63; abl. Calchă, Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 48; cf. Prisc. p. 702 P.; Ritschl prol. ad Plaut. Trin. p. 87), m., = Κάλχας, son of Thestor, the most distinguished seer among the Greeks before Troy, Verg. A. 2, 122; 2, 182; Ov. A. A. 2, 737.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Calchās,¹² antis, m. (Κάλχας), Calchas [devin grec au siège de Troie] : Cic. Div. 1, 87 ; Virg. En. 2, 122. formes de la 1^re décl. : gén. æ Prisc. Gramm. 6, 53 ; acc. am Pacuv. et Pl. d. Char. 66, 22 ; abl. a Pl. Men. 748.

Latin > German (Georges)

Calchās (altlat. Calcās, Acc. tr. 171 R.), antis, Akk. antem u. anta, m. (Κάλχας), Sohn des Thestor, griechischer Weissager vor Troja, Verg. Aen. 2, 182 (Nom.). Cic. de div. 1, 87. Verg. Aen. 2, 122. Val. Max. 8, 11. ext. 6. – / Nach der 1. Deklin.: Genet. -ae, Prisc. 6, 53: Akk. -am, Pacuv. u. Plaut. b. Charis. 66, 22: Abl. -ā, Plaut. Men. 748.

Wikipedia EN

Calchas (/ˈkælkəs/; Ancient Greek: Κάλχας, Kalkhas) 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, present, and future from the god, Apollo. He had other mantic skills as well: interpreting the entrails of the enemy during the tide of battle. His mantosune, as it is called in the Iliad, is the hereditary occupation of his family, which accounts for the most credible etymology of his name: “the dark one” in the sense of “ponderer,” based on the resemblance of pondering to melancholy, or being “blue.” Calchas has a long literary history after Homer. His appearance in the Iliad is no sort of “first” except for the chronological sequence of literature. In the legendary time of the Iliad, seers and divination are already long-standing.

Wikipedia EN

Στην ελληνική μυθολογία ο Κάλχας (γεν. τοῠ Κάλχαντος), ήταν μάντης, προφήτης από τις Μυκήνες ή και από τα Μέγαρα, που ανήκε στο γένος των Αμυθαονιδών. Ο Κάλχας ήταν ο κορυφαίος της εποχής του στην ερμηνεία των οιωνών. Το ιδιαίτερο χαρακτηριστικό του ήταν ότι γνώριζε εξίσου καλά τα πράγματα του παρελθόντος, του παρόντος, και του μέλλοντος. Η προφητική του αυτή δύναμη ήταν δώρο από τον Απόλλωνα, του οποίου ήταν απόγονος ως γιος του Θέστορα, κατοίκου των Μεγάρων, (εξ ου αποκαλείτο και Κάλχας ο Θεστορίδης).

Translations

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