Editing Calchas (section)

=== ''Posthomerica'' ===
Calchas also plays a role in [[Quintus Smyrnaeus|Quintus of Smyrna's]] ''[[Posthomerica]]''. Calchas said that if they were brief, they could convince Achilles to fight. It is he rather than [[Helenus]] (as suggested in Sophocles' ''[[Philoctetes (Sophocles)|Philoctetes]]'') that predicts that Troy will only fall once the Argives  are able to recruit Philoctetes.<ref>[[Quintus Smyrnaeus|Quintus of Smyrna]]. ''[[Posthomerica]]'', Book IX (Alan James translation).</ref> It is by his advice that they halt the battle, even though [[Neoptolemus]] is slaughtering the Trojans. He also tells the Argives that the city is more easily taken by strategy than by force. He endorses [[Odysseus]]' suggestion that the [[Trojan Horse]] will effectively infiltrate the Trojans. He also foresees that [[Aeneas]] will survive the battle and found the city, and tells the Argives that they will not kill him. He did not join the Argives when they boarded the ships, as he foresaw the impending doom of the [[Cape Caphereus|Kapherean Rocks]].<ref>[[Quintus Smyrnaeus|Quintus of Smyrna]]. ''[[Posthomerica]]'', Book XIV (Alan James translation).</ref>