Eudoros (c. 100s BCE – 48 BCE), also known as The Hippo, was a Greek scribe who served in the royal court of pharaoh Ptolemy XIII. He was also a member of the Order of the Ancients who sought to manipulate the young pharaoh for the Order's own gain.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Hailing from Greece, Eudoros excelled at the Peripatetic school of philosophy, becoming an accomplished philosopher.[1] He later moved to Alexandria, where he became one of the most respected intellectuals in the city, eventually becoming the Royal Scribe in Ptolemy XIII's court. Eudoros also suffered from a discomforting skin condition, resulting in him frequenting the bathhouse to ease his condition.[2]
At some point prior to 49 BCE, Eudoros joined the Order of the Ancients, which aimed to gain control of Egypt by manipulating Ptolemy XIII. That year, five of Eudoros' fellow Order members traveled to Siwa in an attempt to access an Isu vault beneath the Temple of Amun using an Apple of Eden in their possession. However, the mission ended in failure,[3] and Eudoros came to regard the incident as a "disaster".[2]
In 48 BCE, Eudoros sought to promote himself further by publishing a scientific treatise on the Nile. Unbeknownst to all, his work was, in fact, plagiarized from the famed intellectual Aristo of Alexandria. Aristo sued him in court, and after months of pointless arguing, Eudoros finally used his influence to have the case settled in his favor. Aristo was then arrested by the phylakitai and condemned to public humiliation by being driven through the streets in a cage until he finally escaped and fled Egypt.[4]
Death[]
That same year, Eudoros wrote a letter to Medunamun, a fellow Order member known as "The Ibis", informing him to remain vigilant due to the recent deaths of Rudjek, Actaeon, and Ktesos. Eudoros kept these letters in his office at the Ptolemaic Royal Palace, and they were eventually found by the Medjay Bayek of Siwa, who sought to eliminate the Order as revenge for their actions in Siwa, during which his son Khemu had been killed.[2]
Bayek assassinating Eudoros
After infiltrating Eudoros' office, Bayek was able to confirm his identity as a member of the Order and subsequently traveled to Alexandria's bathhouse to assassinate him. Although caught by surprise by the Medjay, Eudoros was able to fight him off and gained the upper during the resulting struggle, until Bayek stabbed him in the throat with his Hidden Blade, at the cost of his own ring finger.[2]
As Eudoros lay dying, Bayek accused him of being "the Snake" and responsible for Khemu's death, but Eudoros denied involvement in the events in Siwa and taunted the Medjay, claiming that the Snake could never die.[2] Bayek would later learn from Queen Cleopatra that "the Snake" was another name for the Order itself, and that Eudoros' cryptonym had been "The Hippo".[5]
Trivia[]
- The name Eudoros is derived from the words εὖ (eû) meaning 'well' and δῶρον (dôron), meaning 'gift'. In Modern Greek, Εὔδωρος (Eudóros) means 'well-gifted'.
- In the Assassin's Creed Origins: Official Game Guide, Eudoros is listed as being born in Greece. Historically, however, he was born in Alexandria.
- When infiltrating the bathhouse, a man can be heard saying that Eudoros likes to stare at naked boys, suggesting that Eudoros was possibly homosexual or bisexual.
- Eudoros himself mentions how he "should never have consorted with that sailor", believing his skin condition to have been a venereal disease.[2]
- After assassinating Eudoros, an opium pipe and hippopotamus meat are looted from his body, foreshadowing the reveal of his identity as "The Hippo".
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