In Greek mythology, Manto was the daughter of the Theban seer Tiresias and herself a prophetess. After the Epigoni sacked Thebes she was dedicated to Apollo at Delphi, then sent to Asia Minor (Colophon/Claros), where she is mother of the seer Mopsus. Other mythic women named Manto (daughters of Heracles, Polyidus, or Melampus) are distinct.
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I.Thebes, Delphi, and Claros
Manto inherits prophetic power from Tiresias and appears in Theban saga (including a warning to Niobe in Ovid). When the Epigoni capture Thebes, the Argives send her to Delphi as the fairest spoil; Apollo makes her his priestess and dispatches her to found or serve an oracle in western Asia Minor.
Pausanias has her marry Rhacius and bear Mopsus, who drives the Carians from the land; Apollodorus instead makes Mopsus son of Apollo and Manto at Colophon. A spring at Claros is linked to her tears for ruined Thebes. Apollodorus also preserves a Euripidean variant in which Alcmaeon begets Amphilochus and Tisiphone by her.
II.Reception and other Mantos
Roman antiquarian tradition sends Manto to Italy, where by Tiberinus she bears Ocnus, founder of Mantua named for his mother. Dante places her among the diviners in Inferno. Lampus, who tried to violate her, is slain by Apollo in one notice.
Homonyms include Manto daughter of Heracles (sometimes claimed as Mantua's eponym), Manto daughter of Polyidus at Megara, and Manto daughter of Melampus. This atlas node is Tiresias' daughter alone.