Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Mopsus.
In play
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Bibliotheca (Mopsus and Calchas)
Apollodorus
Apollodorus’ famous contest: Colophonian Mopsus outprophesies Calchas at the wild fig and the pregnant sow — the seer-son of Manto (and Apollo or Rhacius) whose victory kills the older prophet. Distinct from Ampycus’ Argonaut Mopsus.
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Mopsus (son of Manto)
Founder-seer of Colophon/Claros — the prophet who beat Calchas and, in Pausanias, led the colonization tale with Manto.