Manto
Greek · mortal · heroic age · Recorded classification
Mortal seer, daughter of the Theban seer Tiresias. Captured at the sack of Thebes; later led the colonization of Claros in Anatolia, founding the Apollonian oracle there. Mother of Mopsus by Apollo.
Children
Powers
- Found an oracle of Apollo
- Prophesy the future as a seer
Relations
- lover: ApolloApollod. Epit. 6.3; Paus. 7.3.1-2 (primary)
- mother of: MopsusApollod. Epit. 6.3 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Apollodorus Epitome 6.3; Pausanias 7.3.1-2; Statius Thebaid passim (primary)