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Home of [[Monarchy|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 [[Cyclops|Cyclopes]]. It was abandoned in the fifth century BCE. |
Home of [[Monarchy|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 [[Cyclops|Cyclopes]]. It was abandoned in the fifth century BCE. |
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Revision as of 07:38, 28 August 2019
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.
Locations
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 throwing knucklebones.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This bandit from Epidauros attacked unsuspecting travelers with his bronze club. Luckily for them, Theseus killed him while on his return voyage to Attika.
It was said that Medusa's head, which was brought back by Perseus, was found in a mound of earth near the Argos agora.
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.
It is said that when Herakles put down his wild olive-wood club in Argolis, it took root and began to sprout leaves.
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.
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.
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.
Euboea
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.
Eumaios was Odysseus' loyal swineherd. He was the first to welcome him back to (sic) Troy and assisted him in the slaughter of Penelope's suitors.
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.
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.
Named for the ancient sea god Phorkys, this bay was the first sight Odysseus saw upon his return. It provides a natural shelter for sailors from rough waters.
Odysseus planned the murder of his wife's suitors here upon his return.
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.
The titan daughter of Uranus and Gaia, Tethys married her brother Okeanos and became the mother of Greece's rivers.
Prehistoric bones were found inside this cave which reaches depths of 95 meters.
The ancient Greek word "kleptes" lives on as the root word of kleptomania, which describes an impulse to steal—usually without an economic motive.
Located near the city of Pronnoi, Kephallonia's only lake is so deep that it was long believed to have no bottom.
The Lightning Zeus is depicted as such to mirror the geophysical phenomena of Mount Ainos, known for its spectacular thunderstorms.
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 stalactites that are over 20,000 years old.
Sami is the oldest city on Kephallonia, an island reputed for the wood of its abies cephalonica (sic) fir trees.
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 Harpies.
Early Greek temples were built out of clay and wood. Stone structures weren't adopted until the seventh century BCE.
Chthonios Zeus is the god of the earth credited with bountiful harvests.
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.
Kausos is the ancient Greek word for fever, a symptom of malaria noted by Hippokrates. The disease was a driving force behind the depopulation of rural areas.
Lokris
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.
Mt. Geraneia, or "crane hill," was named for the flock of cranes that showed Megaros the way to its peak to escape a flood.
Pagai held strategic importance during the Persian War, and played a pivotal role during the Peloponnesian War.
Panormos was renowned for its harbor, an excellent site to drop anchor.
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.
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.
The Sanctuary of Athena was built on the Akropolis. Inside were three temples dedicated to worshipping her.
This stone pyramid was built at the city limit in tribute to Apollo Karinos.
Phokis
This bronze statue of Apollo was dedicated to recall the naval victory of the Athenians and the oracle received by Themistokles.
This building was constructed against the polygonal wall that supported the terrace of the temple of Apollo and was used for setting up ex-votos, mostly spoils of war.
The Athenians dedicated this treasury to Apollo as the first fruits from the Persians at the Battle of Marathon.
The Bouleuterion was the seat of a small local council which had judicial and financial powers. They met there every six months.
This statue was dedicated by the Tyrant of Gela to commemorate his victory at the chariot race during the Pythian Games of 478 or 474 BCE.
The Liparians dedicated a group of Apollo statues to commemorate a naval victory over the Etruscans. Twenty statues for the twenty ships seized by the enemy.
Pilgrims, the Pythia, and priests alike were required to perform ablutions here before consulting the oracle.
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.
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.
This monument was dedicated in 465 BCE to cemmorate the battle of Marathon, which took place 30 years prior.
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.
This palm was erected by the Athenians following their victory over the Persians at the Battle of Eurymedon. The victory put an end to the threat of another Persian invasion of Greece.
The Panhellenic Sanctuary of Delphi was renowned for the Oracle of Apollo, and considered the center of the world in ancient Greece.
This treasury celebrates the victories of the tyrant of Sikyon, Kleisthenes, during the First Sacred War. The monument was decorated with mythological legends, like the Argonauts' expedition.
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.
These two tripods weighed 400 kg each and were dedicated by the Tyrant of Syracuse after his victory in the battle of Himera to his brother to recall his victory at the battle of Kume.
Skyros
Trivia
- The flavor text for Lesche of the Knidians and Dedication of the Knidians is switched in-game.