18 CE
Apollo does not always bring good news — Germanicus
The imperial heir Germanicus consulted Klaros in person in 18 CE; Apollo foretold him a grim fate — and the oracle came true.
MYTHS
What the god told
The legends that gathered around Klaros.
Founding myth · 13th c. BCE
The tears of an exile — Manto
When Thebes fell, Manto — daughter of the captured seer Teiresias — was sent to Ionia at Apollo's command and became the founder of the sanctuary: thus Klaros was born.
c. 1220–1170 BCE
From legend to history — Mopsus
With Manto's son Mopsus, prophecy passes from woman to man and the sanctuary attains its true fame. And Mopsus is no mere legend: a stone inscription writes him into history.
After the Trojan War
The duel of two seers — Mopsus and Calchas
Returning from Troy, the famous Achaean seer Calchas comes to Klaros to face a greater diviner. It is he who loses the riddle — and cannot bear defeat.
