This study deals with the valency of the verb καλέω in the Homeric corpus. The analysis of its combination patterns reveals two predicate frames which differ in their argument structure both quantitatively and qualitatively. The first predicate frame consists of someone (an Agent-Subject) who calls someone else (a Theme-Object) in order to draw their attention or make them move. The second one comprises someone (an Agent-Subject) who calls something (a Theme-Object) in a certain way (a Result codified as Object Complement). Additional data regarding κικλήσκω, which is used as an alternate present stem for καλέω and shows the same syntactic and semantic behaviour, are provided. Finally, given that some of the deverbal nouns of καλέω and κικλήσκω show the meaning of only one predicate frame whereas others show both, the effects that these predicate frames may have on their deverbal nouns and adjectives are also addressed here.