Ephialtes of Trachis - Revision history

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	==Biography==		==Biography==
			===Treachery and death===
	In 480 BCE, in hopes of being rewarded by King [[Xerxes I of Persia\|Xerxes I]] of [[Iran\|Persia]], Ephialtes revealed to the [[Achaemenid Empire]] a [[Cave of Kratos\|secret path]] in [[Malis]] that allowed them to go around the allied Greek forces stationed at the narrow passage of Thermopylae. His actions led to the defeat of the combined forces led by King [[Leonidas I of Sparta\|Leonidas I]] of [[Sparta]] at the [[Battle of Thermopylae]].<ref name="Memories Awoken">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Memories Awoken]]</ref>		In 480 BCE, in hopes of being rewarded by King [[Xerxes I of Persia\|Xerxes I]] of [[Iran\|Persia]], Ephialtes revealed to the [[Achaemenid Empire]] a [[Cave of Kratos\|secret path]] in [[Malis]] that allowed them to go around the allied Greek forces stationed at the narrow passage of Thermopylae. His actions led to the defeat of the combined forces led by King [[Leonidas I of Sparta\|Leonidas I]] of [[Sparta]] at the [[Battle of Thermopylae]].<ref name="Memories Awoken">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Memories Awoken]]</ref>

	After the war, a contract was placed on Ephialtes' head<ref name="Memories Awoken" /> by an {{Wiki\|Amphictyonic League\|amphictyony}}, a religious alliance of smaller Greek tribes predating the ''[[Polis\|poleis]]''.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP\|Ephialtes of Trachis}}</ref> He was eventually hunted down and killed<ref name="Memories Awoken" /> for unrelated reasons by fellow countryman Athenades of Trachis around 470 BC.<ref name="Wiki"/>		After the war, a contract was placed on Ephialtes' head<ref name="Memories Awoken" /> by an {{Wiki\|Amphictyonic League\|amphictyony}}, a religious alliance of smaller Greek tribes predating the ''[[Polis\|poleis]]''.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP\|Ephialtes of Trachis}}</ref> He was eventually hunted down and killed<ref name="Memories Awoken" /> for unrelated reasons by fellow countryman Athenades of Trachis around 470 BC.<ref name="Wiki"/>

	==Legacy==		===Legacy===
	By the 420s BCE, Ephialtes was still remembered for his treachery. Inspired by the [[Battle of Thermopylae]], [[Thespis]] wrote a play, casting his good friend [[Tros]] in the role of Ephialtes.<ref name="Hedonistic Method">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The Hedonistic Method]]</ref>		By the 420s BCE, Ephialtes was still remembered for his treachery. Inspired by the [[Battle of Thermopylae]], [[Thespis]] wrote a play, casting his good friend [[Tros]] in the role of Ephialtes.<ref name="Hedonistic Method">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The Hedonistic Method]]</ref>

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	'''Ephialtes of Trachis''' (died 470s BCE) was a [[Greece\|Greek]] individual who betrayed his homeland during the [[Second Persian invasion of Greece]].		'''Ephialtes of Trachis''' (died 470s BCE) was a [[Greece\|Greek]] individual who betrayed his homeland during the [[Greco-Persian Wars\|Second Persian invasion of Greece]].

	==Biography==		==Biography==

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	By the 420s BCE, Ephialtes was still remembered for his treachery. Inspired by the [[Battle of Thermopylae]], [[Thespis]] wrote a play, casting his good friend [[Tros]] in the role of Ephialtes.<ref name="Hedonistic Method">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The Hedonistic Method]]</ref>		By the 420s BCE, Ephialtes was still remembered for his treachery. Inspired by the [[Battle of Thermopylae]], [[Thespis]] wrote a play, casting his good friend [[Tros]] in the role of Ephialtes.<ref name="Hedonistic Method">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The Hedonistic Method]]</ref>

	==~~Trivia~~==		==Behind the scenes==
	*The name Ephialtes (Ἐφιάλτης) appears to derive from the Greek word [[wikt:ἐφῐάλτης\|ἐφῐάλτης]] (''ephiáltēs''), which means “nightmare; phantom”, but its origins are suspect. The name came to mean "nightmare" only after the events at Thermopylai, while the word has no clear etymology, with [[Netherlands\|Dutch]] linguist {{Wiki\|Robert S. P. Beekes}} noting that its historical connections to [[wikt:ἐφάλλομαι\|ἐφάλλομαι]] (''ephállomai'', "to throw oneself onto somebody") are likely folk etymology, and the [[Switzerland\|Swiss]] {{Wiki\|Indo-Europeanist}} {{Wiki\|Manu Leumann}} suggesting that the word is instead related to [[wikt:ἠπίαλος\|ἠπίαλος]] (''ēpíalos'', "ague, fever") and so could have a {{Wiki\|Pre-Greek substrate\|Pre-Greek}} origin.		The name Ephialtes (Ἐφιάλτης) appears to derive from the Greek word [[wikt:ἐφῐάλτης\|ἐφῐάλτης]] (''ephiáltēs''), which means “nightmare; phantom”, but its origins are suspect. The name came to mean "nightmare" only after the events at Thermopylai, while the word has no clear etymology, with [[Netherlands\|Dutch]] linguist {{Wiki\|Robert S. P. Beekes}} noting that its historical connections to [[wikt:ἐφάλλομαι\|ἐφάλλομαι]] (''ephállomai'', "to throw oneself onto somebody") are likely folk etymology, and the [[Switzerland\|Swiss]] {{Wiki\|Indo-European studies\|Indo-Europeanist}} {{Wiki\|Manu Leumann}} suggesting that the word is instead related to [[wikt:ἠπίαλος\|ἠπίαλος]] (''ēpíalos'', "ague, fever") and so could have a {{Wiki\|Pre-Greek substrate\|Pre-Greek}} origin.

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{1stm}}
			*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}

	==References==		==References==

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	==Biography==		==Biography==
	In 480 BCE, in hopes of being rewarded by King [[Xerxes I of Persia]], Ephialtes revealed to the [[Achaemenid Empire]] a path in [[Malis]] that allowed them to go around the allied Greek forces stationed at the narrow passage of Thermopylae. His actions led to the defeat of the combined forces led by King [[Leonidas I of Sparta]] at the [[Battle of Thermopylae]].<ref name="Memories Awoken">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Memories Awoken]]</ref>		In 480 BCE, in hopes of being rewarded by King [[Xerxes I of Persia\|Xerxes I]] of [[Iran\|Persia]], Ephialtes revealed to the [[Achaemenid Empire]] a [[Cave of Kratos\|secret path]] in [[Malis]] that allowed them to go around the allied Greek forces stationed at the narrow passage of Thermopylae. His actions led to the defeat of the combined forces led by King [[Leonidas I of Sparta\|Leonidas I]] of [[Sparta]] at the [[Battle of Thermopylae]].<ref name="Memories Awoken">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Memories Awoken]]</ref>

	After the war, a contract was placed on Ephialtes' head ~~and he~~ was eventually hunted down.<ref name="Memories Awoken" />		After the war, a contract was placed on Ephialtes' head<ref name="Memories Awoken" /> by an {{Wiki\|Amphictyonic League\|amphictyony}}, a religious alliance of smaller Greek tribes predating the ''[[Polis\|poleis]]''.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP\|Ephialtes of Trachis}}</ref> He was eventually hunted down and killed<ref name="Memories Awoken" /> for unrelated reasons by fellow countryman Athenades of Trachis around 470 BC.<ref name="Wiki"/>

	==Legacy==		==Legacy==
	By the 420s BCE, Ephialtes was still remembered for his treachery. Inspired by the [[Battle of Thermopylae]], [[Thespis]] wrote a play, casting his good friend [[Tros]] in the role of Ephialtes.<ref name="Hedonistic Method">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The Hedonistic Method]]</ref>		By the 420s BCE, Ephialtes was still remembered for his treachery. Inspired by the [[Battle of Thermopylae]], [[Thespis]] wrote a play, casting his good friend [[Tros]] in the role of Ephialtes.<ref name="Hedonistic Method">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The Hedonistic Method]]</ref>

			==Trivia==
			*The name Ephialtes (Ἐφιάλτης) appears to derive from the Greek word [[wikt:ἐφῐάλτης\|ἐφῐάλτης]] (''ephiáltēs''), which means “nightmare; phantom”, but its origins are suspect. The name came to mean "nightmare" only after the events at Thermopylai, while the word has no clear etymology, with [[Netherlands\|Dutch]] linguist {{Wiki\|Robert S. P. Beekes}} noting that its historical connections to [[wikt:ἐφάλλομαι\|ἐφάλλομαι]] (''ephállomai'', "to throw oneself onto somebody") are likely folk etymology, and the [[Switzerland\|Swiss]] {{Wiki\|Indo-Europeanist}} {{Wiki\|Manu Leumann}} suggesting that the word is instead related to [[wikt:ἠπίαλος\|ἠπίαλος]] (''ēpíalos'', "ague, fever") and so could have a {{Wiki\|Pre-Greek substrate\|Pre-Greek}} origin.

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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	{{Quote\|King Xerxes paid him well, but treachery breeds treachery. A contract was put on his head, and he died as he lived—a coward\|Herodotos describing Ephialtes's fate to Kassandra, 431 BCE.\|Assassin's Creed: Odyssey\|Memories Awoken}}		{{Quote\|King Xerxes paid him well, but treachery breeds treachery. A contract was put on his head, and he died as he lived—a coward\|Herodotos describing Ephialtes's fate to Kassandra, 431 BCE.\|Assassin's Creed: Odyssey\|Memories Awoken}}
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	'''Ephialtes of Trachis''' (died 470s BCE) was a [[Greece\|Greek]] individual who betrayed his homeland during the [[Second Persian invasion of Greece]].		'''Ephialtes of Trachis''' (died 470s BCE) was a [[Greece\|Greek]] individual who betrayed his homeland during the [[Second Persian invasion of Greece]].

			==Biography==
	In 480 BCE, in hopes of being rewarded by King [[Xerxes I of Persia]], Ephialtes revealed to the [[Achaemenid Empire]] a path in [[Malis]] that allowed them to go around the allied Greek forces stationed at the narrow passage of Thermopylae. His actions led to the defeat of the combined forces led by King [[Leonidas I of Sparta]] at the [[Battle of Thermopylae]].<ref name="Memories Awoken">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Memories Awoken]]</ref>		In 480 BCE, in hopes of being rewarded by King [[Xerxes I of Persia]], Ephialtes revealed to the [[Achaemenid Empire]] a path in [[Malis]] that allowed them to go around the allied Greek forces stationed at the narrow passage of Thermopylae. His actions led to the defeat of the combined forces led by King [[Leonidas I of Sparta]] at the [[Battle of Thermopylae]].<ref name="Memories Awoken">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Memories Awoken]]</ref>

	After the war, a contract was placed on Ephialtes' head and he was eventually hunted down.<ref name="Memories Awoken" />		After the war, a contract was placed on Ephialtes' head and he was eventually hunted down.<ref name="Memories Awoken" />

			==Legacy==
			By the 420s BCE, Ephialtes was still remembered for his treachery. Inspired by the [[Battle of Thermopylae]], [[Thespis]] wrote a play, casting his good friend [[Tros]] in the role of Ephialtes.<ref name="Hedonistic Method">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The Hedonistic Method]]</ref>

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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	'''Ephialtes of Trachis''' (died 470s BCE) was a [[Greece\|Greek]] individual who betrayed his homeland during the [[Second Persian invasion of Greece]].		'''Ephialtes of Trachis''' (died 470s BCE) was a [[Greece\|Greek]] individual who betrayed his homeland during the [[Second Persian invasion of Greece]].

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	In 480 BCE, in hopes of being rewarded by King [[Xerxes I of Persia]], Ephialtes revealed to the [[Achaemenid Empire]] a path in [[Malis]] that allowed them to go around the allied Greek forces stationed at the narrow passage of Thermopylae. His actions led to the defeat of the combined forces led by King [[Leonidas I of Sparta]] at the [[Battle of Thermopylae]].<ref name="Memories Awoken">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Memories Awoken]]</ref>		In 480 BCE, in hopes of being rewarded by King [[Xerxes I of Persia]], Ephialtes revealed to the [[Achaemenid Empire]] a path in [[Malis]] that allowed them to go around the allied Greek forces stationed at the narrow passage of Thermopylae. His actions led to the defeat of the combined forces led by King [[Leonidas I of Sparta]] at the [[Battle of Thermopylae]].<ref name="Memories Awoken">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Memories Awoken]]</ref>

	After the war, a contract was placed on Ephialtes's head and he was eventually hunted down.<ref name="Memories Awoken" />		After the war, a contract was placed on Ephialtes' head and he was eventually hunted down.<ref name="Memories Awoken" />

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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	In 480 BCE, in hopes of being rewarded by King [[Xerxes I of Persia]], Ephialtes revealed to the [[Achaemenid Empire]] a path in [[Malis]] that allowed them to go around the allied Greek forces stationed at the narrow passage of Thermopylae. His actions led to the defeat of the combined forces led by King [[Leonidas I of Sparta]] at the [[Battle of Thermopylae]].<ref name="Memories Awoken">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Memories Awoken]]</ref>		In 480 BCE, in hopes of being rewarded by King [[Xerxes I of Persia]], Ephialtes revealed to the [[Achaemenid Empire]] a path in [[Malis]] that allowed them to go around the allied Greek forces stationed at the narrow passage of Thermopylae. His actions led to the defeat of the combined forces led by King [[Leonidas I of Sparta]] at the [[Battle of Thermopylae]].<ref name="Memories Awoken">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Memories Awoken]]</ref>

	After the war, a contract was placed on Ephialtes' head and he was eventually hunted down.<ref name="Memories Awoken" />		After the war, a contract was placed on Ephialtes's head and he was eventually hunted down.<ref name="Memories Awoken" />

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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	After the war, a contract was placed on Ephialtes' head and he was eventually hunted down.<ref name="Memories Awoken" />		After the war, a contract was placed on Ephialtes' head and he was eventually hunted down.<ref name="Memories Awoken" />

	==~~Appearance~~==		==Appearances==
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{Mo}}

	==~~Reference~~==		==References==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}
	[[Category:470s BCE deaths]]		[[Category:470s BCE deaths]]