Klaros / Ahmetbeyli
It is one of the two important oracle centers of the Oracle God Apollon in Anatolia. It is in the Menderes District of İzmir, on the plain of the Ahmetbeyli (Ales) Valley, 13 km from Kolophon (Değirmendere) in the north and 2 km from Notion in the south.
The Achaeans who migrated to this region at the end of the 13th century and the beginning of the 12th century BC settled in the city of Kolophon, which was founded by the Carians. Rhikos, who was the oikiste (leader, founder) of the first immigrant group, later married Manto, an immigrant group from Thebes. It is told that the Klaros Prophecy Center was formed from the tears of the Mantle.
Klaros gained fame during the time of Mopsos, the sons of Manto and Rhaikos. The famous seer of the Trojan War, Kalkhas, came to Klaros and met Mopsos in a competition. Losing this competition, Kalkhas dies from his grief. According to another version, he does not die here. Moving south, he founded the city of Perge. According to Strabo, Selge in the Kalkhas Pisidia Region is among the ktistes (founder) of the canteen. Although the first seer in Klaros was a woman, in later periods the seers were always chosen from men.
Klaros, which was only open to the application of city delegates before, started to accept personal applications after Alexander the Great (V. Alexander) made a personal application to Klaros. Klaros, which became very famous after this event, is an Apollon prophecy center that also accepts the Barbarians (non-Greek peoples). With the spread of Christianity in the 4th century AD, Claros was abandoned.
The Achaeans who migrated to this region at the end of the 13th century and the beginning of the 12th century BC settled in the city of Kolophon, which was founded by the Carians. Rhikos, who was the oikiste (leader, founder) of the first immigrant group, later married Manto, an immigrant group from Thebes. It is told that the Klaros Prophecy Center was formed from the tears of the Mantle.
Klaros gained fame during the time of Mopsos, the sons of Manto and Rhaikos. The famous seer of the Trojan War, Kalkhas, came to Klaros and met Mopsos in a competition. Losing this competition, Kalkhas dies from his grief. According to another version, he does not die here. Moving south, he founded the city of Perge. According to Strabo, Selge in the Kalkhas Pisidia Region is among the ktistes (founder) of the canteen. Although the first seer in Klaros was a woman, in later periods the seers were always chosen from men.
Klaros, which was only open to the application of city delegates before, started to accept personal applications after Alexander the Great (V. Alexander) made a personal application to Klaros. Klaros, which became very famous after this event, is an Apollon prophecy center that also accepts the Barbarians (non-Greek peoples). With the spread of Christianity in the 4th century AD, Claros was abandoned.
