InGreek mythology,Calchus (Ancient Greek:Κάλχος,romanized: Kalkhos) is a king of theDaunians who fell in love with and unsuccessfully courtedCirce, the witch-goddess whomOdysseus encountered during his long-lasting journey on his way home. His myth survives only in the works ofParthenius of Nicaea.

In a much later myth interpolated during the course of theOdyssey, specifically during the timeframe thatOdysseus and his crew stayed atAeaea, the island ofCirce, Calchus fell in love with the sorceress-goddess and employed all possible means of seduction in order to woo her, even offering her the kingship of his realm. But Circe, being in love with Odysseus, rejected him each and every time. But Calchus refused to let go and kept visiting Aeaea, so Circe pulled a trick on him, and invited him over for dinner. Calchus tasted all sort of enchanted food and drink, and was thus transformed into a pig and imprisoned. Later, the Daunians came over to release him. Circe transformed him back into human and set him free, after binding him to swear to never visit her island or woo her in any way again.^[1][2]

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• Parthenius of Nicaea,Love Romances, translated By Sir Stephen Gaselee (1882-1943), from theLoeb Classical Library edition of Parthenius, Love Romances, published 1916, a work in the public domain.
• Sistakou, Evina (2008).Reconstructing the Epic: Cross-readings of the Trojan Myth in Hellenistic Poetry. Peeters.ISBN 978-90-429-2117-7.

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