CALCHAS  , of See also:

• MYCENAE

Mycenae or See also:

• MEGARA

Megara, son of Thestor, the most famous soothsayer among the Greeks at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the Trojan See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war . He foretold the duration of the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• TROY
• TROY, JEAN FRANCOIS DE (1679–1752)

Troy, and, when the See also:

• FLEET

fleet was detained by adverse winds at See also:

• AULIS

Aulis, he explained the cause and demanded the See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice of See also:

• IPHIGENEIA, or IPHIANASSA

Iphigeneia . When the Greeks were visited with pestilence on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of Chryseis, he disclosed the reasons of See also:

• APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo's anger . It was he who suggested that See also:

• NEOPTOLEMUS (also called PYRRxus)

Neoptolemus and See also:

• PHILOCTETES

Philoctetes should be fetched from See also:

• SCYROS

Scyros and See also:

• LEMNOS (mod. Limnos)

Lemnos to Troy, and he was one of those who advised the construction of the wooden See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse . When the Greeks, on their See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home after the fall of Troy, were overtaken by a See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm, Calchas is said to have been thrown ashore at See also:

• COLOPHON

Colophon . According to another See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story, he foresaw the storm and did not See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to return by See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . It had been predicted that he should See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die when he met his See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior in See also:

• DIVINATION
• DIVINATION, OMEN, ASTROLOGY

divination; and the prophecy was fulfilled in the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person of See also:

• MOPSUS

Mopsus, whom Calchas met in the See also:

• GROVE (O.E. graf, cf. O.E. gr(efa, brushwood, later" greave "; the word does not appear in any other Teutonic language, and the New English Dictionary finds no Indo-European root to which it can be referred; Skeat considers it connected with " grave," to
• GROVE, SIR GEORGE (182o-1900)
• GROVE, SIR WILLIAM ROBERT (1811-1896)

grove of the Clarian Apollo near Colophon . Having been beaten in a trial of soothsaying, Calchas died of chagrin or committed See also:

• SUICIDE (from Lat. sui, of oneself, and cidium, from cued ere, to kill)

suicide . He had a See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple and See also:

• ORACLE (Lat. oraculum, from ora' to pray; the corresponding Greek word is uavreiov or Xpnuri7pwov)

oracle in See also:

• APULIA (sometimes APPULIa in manuscripts but never in inscriptions)

Apulia . See also:

• OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid, Metam. xii . 18 If.; See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer, Iliad i.-68, ii . 322 ; See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo vi. p .

284, xiv. p . 642 .