User blog comment:The Brave Wolf/Assassin's Creed: Origins - New Rumor May 9th 2017/@comment-5088097-20170509174549/@comment-2112031-20170511221401

It wouldn't surprise me if they're going with the 5th dynasty. After all, it's been rumored for quite awhile that Ubisoft wishes to set the game in a more distant time period in order to have more creative liberties.

I am curious whether the rumors about visiting Greece and Rome are true, given the fact that Rome is traditionally stated to have been founded in 753 BCE, which would require the game to occur in a relatively more recent time period.

I'm curious whether any mythical figures will either show up or be alluded to. Heracles, for example, can be estimated to have lived in the 13th century BCE. However, mythological characters are a bit more flexible in terms of when they lived. Kyros of Zarax, or Hippomenes as he's known as in the myth, is depicted in the AC-verse as having lived in the 6th century BCE, even though he was a contemporary of Heracles (their sons were good friends).

Heracles can't really be depicted as having lived in the 6th century BCE, due to the various royal lineages throughout ancient history who claimed to be descended from him, all of whom predate the 6th century BCE.