Historical Locations

Historical Locations is a map overlay feature of Layla Hassan's Animus HR 8.5. It provided extra context to some of the landmarks visited by Kassandra during the Peloponnesian War while Layla was reliving Kassandra's memories.

Achaia
Nestled in the mountains, Boura was either named for Ion’s daughter or the centaur Dexamenos, who owned cattle there. A site nearby was used to learn about the future by.
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As the most prominent city in the region, Patrai was used as a naval base during the Peloponnesian War. It was also known for having twice as many women as men in its population.
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Pellene has the distinction of being the first city in Achaia to join Sparta in the Peloponnesian War in 431 BCE.
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Argolis
Agamemnon may have been king of Mycenae and commander of United Greek armies in the Trojan War, but he had a less-than-glorious homecoming. While at a banquet, he was killed by his own wife's lover.
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The oldest sanctuaries in the city were built on two akropolises (sic) and housed the temples of Athena Polias, Zeus Larisaios, Hera Akraia, and Apollo Pythaios, which was connected to the Bloody Oracle.
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Apollo Maleatas and Asklepios shared this sacred place on Mount Kynortion. Starting in the eighth century BCE, people worshipped Apollo as both a physician and as Asklepios's father.
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Founded at the foot of two akropolises (sic), Argos has been occupied since prehistoric times. Praised for its heroes, it gained great fame in the fifth century BCE for its talented sculptors.
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Asine was destroyed in the seventh century BCE by the Argives for helping Sparta in their war against Argos. After its demise, the Spartans gave Asine citizens compensatory land in Messenia.
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This bandit from Epidauros attacked unsuspecting travelers with his bronze club. Luckily for them, Theseus killed him while on his return voyage to Attika.
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It was said that Medusa's head, which was brought back by Perseus, was found in a mound of earth near the Argos agora.
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Wrongly accused by his stepmother, Phaidra, Theseus's son died while driving his chariot by the sea. Desiring his son's death, Theseus called on Poseidon, who sent a sea monster.
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It is said that when Herakles put down his wild olive-wood club in Argolis, it took root and began to sprout leaves.
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Epidauros was strategically placed between Athens and Argos as an entry point for pilgrims. The would travel from all over Greece to the nearby healing sanctuary of Asklepios.
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On a rocky hill in the Argive plains, "mighty-walled" Tiryns was the second most important site in the Mycenaean world. Linked with Herakles, it had a palace, Cyclopean walls, and tunnels.
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Founded in the ninth century BCE on a hillside, the sanctuary of Hera houses many buildings. The oldest temple dedicated to this goddess, protector of the city, was burned in 423 BCE by Chrysis.
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Despite the lake's calm look, it was known for draining its swimmers out the bottom. Just southwest from here, Herakles killed the Hydra, cauterizing its necks to prevent its heads from growing back.
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Home of King Agamemnon, Mycenae was one of the oldest cities in Greece. Dating from the third millennium BCE, it’s said its walls were the work of Cyclopes. It was abandoned in the fifth century BCE.
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Ithaka
This cave served as a shelter for the Naiads, young nymphs who spun the sea into a glisterning purple cloth. Odysseus prayed here in joy upon his return.
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Eumaios was Odysseus' loyal swineherd. He was the first to welcome him back to (sic) Troy and assissted him in the slaughter of Penelope's suitors.
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Melanthios, Odysseus' goatherd, mistook him for a beggar upon his return and hit him. Sure his master had died in Troy, he betrayed him to impress Penelope's suitors.
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Odysseus, the most illustrious of all Greek heroes, was among the chiefs who set out for Troy. He returned to Ithaka and reclaimned his palace twenty years later.
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Kephallonia
The largest on Kephallonia, the "Blue Cave" houses a small lake. It is part of a large cave system with more interconnected underground lakes.
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The titan daughter of Uranus and Gaia, Tethys married her brother Okeanos and became the mother of Greece's rivers.
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Prehistoric bones were found inside this cave which reaches depths of 95 meters.
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The ancient Greek word "kleptes" lives on as the root word of, which describes an impulse to steal—usually without an economic motive.
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Located near the city of, Kephallonia's only lake is so deep that it was long believed to have no bottom.
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The Lightning Zeus is depicted as such to mirror the geophysical phenomena of Mount Ainos, known for its spectacular thunderstorms.
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The Melissani Cave is dedicated to the god Pan. Located 20 m below ground, it is 160 m long and 40 m deep. it contains s that are over 20,000 years old. Sami is the oldest city on Kephallonia, an island reputed for the wood of its (sic) fir trees.
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Here, atop the island's tallest mountain, two of Jason's argonauts prayed to the Zeus of Ainos to give them the strength to defeat winged monsters called.
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Early Greek temples were built out of clay and wood. Stone structures weren't adopted until the seventh century BCE.
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Chthonios Zeus is the god of the earth credited with bountiful harvests.
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This Mycenaean tomb notably housed the bones of seventy-two people. Among the remains were valuable offerings discovered near Pronnoi, believed to have belonged to ancient Ithakan nobility.
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Kausos is the ancient Greek word for, a symptom of noted by Hippokrates. The disease was a driving force behind the depopulation of rural areas.
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Megaris
Tripodiskos was born when an Argive brought a tripod from Delphi. They had orders from the Pythia that wherever it fell, he must live and build a temple to Apollo.
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Mt. Geraneia, or "crane hill," was named for the flock of cranes that showed  the way to its peak to escape a flood.
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Pagai held strategic importance during the Persian War, and played a pivotal role during the Peloponnesian War.
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Megara occupied a territory that held great military and commercial in mainland Greece.
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Panormos was renowned for its harbor, an excellent site to drop anchor.
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This Persian cliff was named after the of Darius. He attempted to kill the Megarians by night, but ended up shooting arrows into the cliff face instead.
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The Persians fought a losing battle at Salamis. The resulting shipwrecks literred the Greek coasts, souvenirs of their defeat.
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This statue of the god of wine and fertility is located close to Megara. Only its face is visible—the rest of the body is hidden by foliage.
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Apollo was on eof the foremost gods in Megara, but this temple didn't necessarily reflected his importance. It was made of weak clay bricks, which eventually crumbled.
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The Sanctuary of Athena was built on the Akropolis. Inside were three temples dedicated to worshipping her.
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This stone pyramid was built at the city limit in tribute to Apollo Karinos.
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Megarians beleive the corpse of Ino washed up on the coast after she threw herself into the sea with her son. There is a sacrifice each year in her honor.
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This diamond-shaped tomb depicts an shield. It's dedeicated to the Queen of the Amazons, Hyppolyta, who was defeated by Theseus and died of grief.
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Phokis
This bronze statue of Apollo was dedicated to recall the naval victory of the Athenians and the oracle received by Themistokles.
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This building was constructed against the polygonal wall that supported the terrace of the temple of Apollo and was used for setting up, mostly spoils of war.
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The Athenians dedicated this treasury to Apollo as the first fruits from the Persians at the Battle of Marathon.
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The Bouleuterion was the seat of a small local council which had judicial and financial powers. They met there every six months.
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This statue was dedicated by the Tyrant of to commemorate his victory at the chariot race during the  of 478 or 474 BCE.
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The ans dedicated a group of Apollo statues to commemorate a naval victory over the. Twenty statues for the twenty ships seized by the enemy.
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Pilgrims, the Pythia, and priests alike were required to perform ablutions here before consulting the oracle.
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This bull was offered by the people of after a miraculous day of tuna fishing.
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After their victory over the Sybarites, the Krotoniates dedicated to Apollo a tripod that was also the emblem of the coinage of Kroton, an Achaian colony in southern Italy.
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This building was a meeting and dining place that was decorated with paintings commemorating the fall of Troy and the return of the victorious Greek heroes.
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This monument was dedicated in 465 BCE to cemmorate the battle of Marathon, which took place 30 years prior.
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Naxos, a rich island in the Kyklades renowned for its artistic tradition, consecrated this votive in remembrance of its privilege to consult with the Pythia before others.
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This palm was erected by the Athenians following their victory over the Persians at the. The victory put an end to the threat of another Persian invasion of Greece.
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The Panhellenic Sanctuary of Delphi was renowned for the Oracle of Apollo, and considered the center of the world in ancient Greece.
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This treasury celebrates the victories of the tyrant of, Kleisthenes, during the. The monument was decorated with mythological legends, like the Argonauts' expedition.
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According to the Delphians, this rock was where a woman bearing the nickname Sibyl settled to sing her prophesies. It was said her inspiration came from within.
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These two tripods weighed 400 kg each and were dedicated by the Tyrant of Syracuse after his victory in the to his  to recall his victory at the.
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