< Calchas, son of Thestor >

1 Origin

Calchas was born in Megara in 1225 BC.

Calchas' father was Thestor, son of Idmon. [Dares.15, Home.Il.1.68, Hyginus.190]

2 Others

Calchas accompanied Ajax, king of Megara, on his expedition to Troy. [Estimated from Paus.1.43.1]

Calchas migrated from the Troad to Pamphylia after the Achaeans gave up on their siege of Ilium, and founded Selge. [Herod.7.91, Strabo.12.7.3, Strabo.14.4.3]

In the 4th century BC, the inhabitants of Selge became trusted allies of Alexander the Great. [Arr.1.28.1]

Strabo also states that the Lacedaemonians founded Selge after Calchas. [Strabo.12.7.3]

At that time, Sparta was an enemy of Alexander the Great, and many of the inhabitants of Selge were probably connected to Argos, the ancestral city of Calchas.