Hemlock - Revision history

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	==History==		==History==
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	Given hemlock's high toxicity, ingesting too much of it ~~leads~~ to a quick death.<ref name="~~TooMuchOfAGoodThing~~">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Too Much of a Good Thing]]</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[A Night to Remember (Odyssey)\|A Night to Remember]] </ref> During the Peloponnesian War, the [[Piracy\|pirates]] who took over the island of [[Keos]] avoided the looming famine by forcing everyone over the age of 60 to drink a concoction made of hemlock, killing them.<ref name="Odyssey site">[https://assassinscreed.ubisoft.com/game/en-us/odyssey/map/paradise-islands "''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – Worlds: Paradise Islands"]. ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'', Ubisoft. Accessed 20 May 2020.</ref> At another point during the same conflict, the [[Doctor\|healer]] [[Hippokrates]] asked the misthios Kassandra to gather some hemlock for his elderly patient [[Pentheus (Thebian)\|Pentheus]].<ref name="~~TooMuchOfAGoodThing~~"/> Hemlock was also used to execute [[Sokrates]] in 399 BCE.<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – [[Tours: The Agora of Athens]]: "Judicial Court"</ref>		Given hemlock's high toxicity, ingesting too much of it could lead to a quick death.<ref name="Good Thing">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Too Much of a Good Thing]]</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[A Night to Remember (Odyssey)\|A Night to Remember]] </ref> During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Piracy\|pirates]] who took over the island of [[Keos]] avoided the looming famine by forcing everyone over the age of 60 to drink a concoction made of hemlock, killing them.<ref name="Odyssey site">[https://assassinscreed.ubisoft.com/game/en-us/odyssey/map/paradise-islands "''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – Worlds: Paradise Islands"]. ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'', Ubisoft. Accessed 20 May 2020.</ref> At another point during the same conflict, the [[Doctor\|healer]] [[Hippokrates]] asked the ''[[Mercenary\|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] to gather some hemlock for his elderly patient [[Pentheus (Thebian)\|Pentheus]].<ref name="Good Thing"/> Hemlock was also used to execute [[Sokrates]] in 399 BCE.<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – [[Tours: The Agora of Athens]]: "Judicial Court"</ref>

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	===Renaissance===		===Renaissance===
	When the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Italian Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze\|Ezio Auditore]] upgraded his [[Hidden Blade]] include [[Poison Blade\|poison]], it originally used distilled hemlock, ~~but~~ he later replaced it with {{Wiki\|Hyoscyamus niger\|henbane}}.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref>		When the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Italian Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze\|Ezio Auditore]] upgraded his [[Hidden Blade]] to include [[Poison Blade\|poison]], it originally used distilled hemlock, before he later replaced it with {{Wiki\|Hyoscyamus niger\|henbane}}.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref>

	===American Revolution===		===American Revolution===
	The deadliness of hemlock was also utilized by the [[Assassins\|Assassin]] [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] during the [[American Revolution]], as his arsenal included small [[Throwing knife\|knives]] coated with a poison derived from ~~the~~ hemlock.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>		The deadliness of hemlock was also utilized by the [[Assassins\|Assassin]] [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] during the [[American Revolution]], as his arsenal included small [[Throwing knife\|knives]] coated with a poison derived from hemlock.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>

	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==
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	==Appearances==		==Appearances==
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]'' {{1st}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''

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	[[File:ACOd-Hemlock.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Hemlock growing in 5th century BCE Greece]]		[[File:ACOd-Hemlock.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Hemlock growing in 5th century BCE Greece]]
	'''Hemlock''' is a highly [[poison]]ous plant though it has been used medically since antiquity.		'''Hemlock''' (''Conium maculatum'') is a highly [[poison]]ous plant, though it has been used medically since antiquity.<ref>{{WP\|Conium maculatum}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	===5th century BCE===		===5th century BCE===
	Given hemlock's high toxicity, ~~ingestion~~ too much of it ~~would lead~~ to quick death.<ref name="~~Inheritance~~" /><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[A Night to Remember (Odyssey)\|A Night to Remember]] </ref> During the Peloponnesian War, the [[Piracy\|pirates]] who took over the island of [[Keos]] avoided the looming famine by forcing everyone over the age of 60 to drink a concoction made of hemlock, killing them.<ref name="Odyssey site">[https://assassinscreed.ubisoft.com/game/en-us/odyssey/map/paradise-islands "''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – Worlds: Paradise Islands"]. ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'', Ubisoft. Accessed 20 May 2020.</ref> At another point during the same conflict, ~~the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary\|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] was asked by~~ the [[Doctor\|healer]] [[Hippokrates]] to gather some hemlock for his elderly patient, [[Pentheus (Thebian)\|Pentheus]].<ref name="~~Inheritance~~"~~>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Inheritance Insurance]]<~~/~~ref~~>		Given hemlock's high toxicity, ingesting too much of it leads to a quick death.<ref name="TooMuchOfAGoodThing">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Too Much of a Good Thing]]</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[A Night to Remember (Odyssey)\|A Night to Remember]] </ref> During the Peloponnesian War, the [[Piracy\|pirates]] who took over the island of [[Keos]] avoided the looming famine by forcing everyone over the age of 60 to drink a concoction made of hemlock, killing them.<ref name="Odyssey site">[https://assassinscreed.ubisoft.com/game/en-us/odyssey/map/paradise-islands "''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – Worlds: Paradise Islands"]. ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'', Ubisoft. Accessed 20 May 2020.</ref> At another point during the same conflict, the [[Doctor\|healer]] [[Hippokrates]] asked the misthios Kassandra to gather some hemlock for his elderly patient [[Pentheus (Thebian)\|Pentheus]].<ref name="TooMuchOfAGoodThing"/> Hemlock was also used to execute [[Sokrates]] in 399 BCE.<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – [[Tours: The Agora of Athens]]: "Judicial Court"</ref>

	Hemlock was also ~~the poison~~ used ~~in the execution of~~ [[Sokrates]] in 399 BCE.<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – [[~~Discovery Tour~~: ~~Ancient Greece#The Agora of Athens\|~~The Agora of Athens: "Judicial Court"]]</ref>

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	===Renaissance===		===Renaissance===
	When the ~~[[Hidden Blade]] of~~ [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Italian Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] ~~was~~ upgraded to include [[Poison Blade\|poison]], ~~the poison~~ used ~~was originally a distillation of~~ hemlock, but he later replaced it with {{Wiki\|Hyoscyamus niger\|henbane}}.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref>		When the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Italian Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze\|Ezio Auditore]] upgraded his [[Hidden Blade]] include [[Poison Blade\|poison]], it originally used distilled hemlock, but he later replaced it with {{Wiki\|Hyoscyamus niger\|henbane}}.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref>

	===American Revolution===		===American Revolution===
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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''
			*''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]''

	==References==		==References==

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	===1st century BCE===		===1st century BCE===
	In the 1st century BCE, ~~a woman by~~ the ~~name of~~ [[Melina ~~the Hibiscus~~]] used hemlock ~~along with~~ [[hellebore]] to concoct a poison which caused the sacred [[crocodile]]s of [[Krokodilopolis]]' [[Temple of Sobek]] to become ill, irritable, and bleed from their eyes.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Sobek's Tears]]</ref>		In the 1st century BCE, the scientist [[Melina]] used hemlock and [[hellebore]] to concoct a poison which caused the sacred [[crocodile]]s of [[Krokodilopolis]]' [[Temple of Sobek]] to become ill, irritable, and bleed from their eyes.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Sobek's Tears]]</ref>

	===Renaissance===		===Renaissance===

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	[[File:ACOd-Hemlock.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Hemlock growing in 5th century BCE Greece]]		[[File:ACOd-Hemlock.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Hemlock growing in 5th century BCE Greece]]
	'''Hemlock''' is a highly [[poison]]ous plant though it has been used medically since antiquity.		'''Hemlock''' is a highly [[poison]]ous plant though it has been used medically since antiquity.

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	'''Hemlock''' is a highly ~~poisonous~~ plant, though it has been used medically since ~~the~~ antiquity.		'''Hemlock''' is a highly [[poison]]ous plant though it has been used medically since antiquity.

	==History==		==History==
	===5th century BCE===		===5th century BCE===
	During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary\|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] was asked by the [[Doctor\|healer]] [[Hippokrates]] to gather some hemlock for his elderly patient, [[Pentheus (Thebian)\|Pentheus]].<ref name="Inheritance">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Inheritance Insurance]]</ref>		Given hemlock's high toxicity, ingestion too much of it would lead to quick death.<ref name="Inheritance" /><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[A Night to Remember (Odyssey)\|A Night to Remember]] </ref> During the Peloponnesian War, the [[Piracy\|pirates]] who took over the island of [[Keos]] avoided the looming famine by forcing everyone over the age of 60 to drink a concoction made of hemlock, killing them.<ref name="Odyssey site">[https://assassinscreed.ubisoft.com/game/en-us/odyssey/map/paradise-islands "''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – Worlds: Paradise Islands"]. ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'', Ubisoft. Accessed 20 May 2020.</ref> At another point during the same conflict, the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary\|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] was asked by the [[Doctor\|healer]] [[Hippokrates]] to gather some hemlock for his elderly patient, [[Pentheus (Thebian)\|Pentheus]].<ref name="Inheritance">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Inheritance Insurance]]</ref>

	Given hemlock's high toxicity, too ~~high amount~~ would lead to quick death.<ref name="Inheritance" /><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[A Night to Remember (Odyssey)\|A Night to Remember]] </ref> During the Peloponnesian War, the [[Piracy\|pirates]] who took over the island of [[Keos]] avoided the looming famine by forcing everyone over the age of 60 to drink a concoction made of hemlock, killing them.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>

	Hemlock was also the poison used in the execution of [[Sokrates]] in 399 BCE.<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#The Agora of Athens\|The Agora of Athens: "Judicial Court"]]</ref>		Hemlock was also the poison used in the execution of [[Sokrates]] in 399 BCE.<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#The Agora of Athens\|The Agora of Athens: "Judicial Court"]]</ref>

	===1st century BCE===		===1st century BCE===
	~~During~~ the 1st century BCE ~~in [[Ptolemy XIII\|Ptolemaic]] [[Egypt]]~~, a ~~poisoner~~ [[Melina the Hibiscus]] used hemlock along with [[hellebore]] ~~as part of the concoction~~ which ~~made~~ the sacred [[crocodile]]s of [[Krokodilopolis]]' [[Temple of Sobek]] ill, irritable, and bleed from their eyes.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Sobek's Tears]]</ref>		In the 1st century BCE, a woman by the name of [[Melina the Hibiscus]] used hemlock along with [[hellebore]] to concoct a poison which caused the sacred [[crocodile]]s of [[Krokodilopolis]]' [[Temple of Sobek]] to become ill, irritable, and bleed from their eyes.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Sobek's Tears]]</ref>

	===Renaissance===		===Renaissance===
	When the [[~~hidden blade~~]] of [[~~Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], an [[Italy~~\|Italian]] [[~~Italian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Assassin~~]], was upgraded to include [[Poison Blade\|poison]], the poison used was originally distillation of hemlock, ~~though~~ he later replaced it with {{Wiki\|Hyoscyamus niger\|henbane}}.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref>		When the [[Hidden Blade]] of [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Italian Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] was upgraded to include [[Poison Blade\|poison]], the poison used was originally a distillation of hemlock, but he later replaced it with {{Wiki\|Hyoscyamus niger\|henbane}}.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref>

	===American Revolution===		===American Revolution===

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	The deadliness of hemlock was also utilized by the [[Assassins\|Assassin]] [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] during the [[American Revolution]], as his arsenal included small [[Throwing knife\|knives]] coated with a poison derived from the hemlock.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>		The deadliness of hemlock was also utilized by the [[Assassins\|Assassin]] [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] during the [[American Revolution]], as his arsenal included small [[Throwing knife\|knives]] coated with a poison derived from the hemlock.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>

			==Behind the scenes==
			The same model is used for both hemlock and [[moly]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''.

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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	Given hemlock's high toxicity, too high amount would lead to quick death.<ref name="Inheritance" /><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[A Night to Remember (Odyssey)\|A Night to Remember]] </ref> During the Peloponnesian War, the [[Piracy\|pirates]] who took over the island of [[Keos]] avoided the looming famine by forcing everyone over the age of 60 to drink a concoction made of hemlock, killing them.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>		Given hemlock's high toxicity, too high amount would lead to quick death.<ref name="Inheritance" /><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[A Night to Remember (Odyssey)\|A Night to Remember]] </ref> During the Peloponnesian War, the [[Piracy\|pirates]] who took over the island of [[Keos]] avoided the looming famine by forcing everyone over the age of 60 to drink a concoction made of hemlock, killing them.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>

	Hemlock was also the poison used in the execution of [[Sokrates]] in 399 BCE.<ref>''Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#The Agora of Athens\|The Agora of Athens: "Judicial Court"]]</ref>		Hemlock was also the poison used in the execution of [[Sokrates]] in 399 BCE.<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#The Agora of Athens\|The Agora of Athens: "Judicial Court"]]</ref>

	===1st century BCE===		===1st century BCE===

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	Given hemlock's high toxicity, too high amount would lead to quick death.<ref name="Inheritance" /><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[A Night to Remember (Odyssey)\|A Night to Remember]] </ref> During the Peloponnesian War, the [[Piracy\|pirates]] who took over the island of [[Keos]] avoided the looming famine by forcing everyone over the age of 60 to drink a concoction made of hemlock, killing them.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>		Given hemlock's high toxicity, too high amount would lead to quick death.<ref name="Inheritance" /><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[A Night to Remember (Odyssey)\|A Night to Remember]] </ref> During the Peloponnesian War, the [[Piracy\|pirates]] who took over the island of [[Keos]] avoided the looming famine by forcing everyone over the age of 60 to drink a concoction made of hemlock, killing them.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>

			Hemlock was also the poison used in the execution of [[Sokrates]] in 399 BCE.<ref>''Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#The Agora of Athens\|The Agora of Athens: "Judicial Court"]]</ref>

	===1st century BCE===		===1st century BCE===
	During the 1st century BCE in [[Ptolemy XIII\|Ptolemaic]] [[Egypt]], a poisoner [[Melina the Hibiscus]] used hemlock as part of the concoction which made the sacred [[crocodile]]s of [[Krokodilopolis]]' [[Temple of Sobek]] ill, irritable, and bleed from their eyes.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Sobek's Tears]]</ref>		During the 1st century BCE in [[Ptolemy XIII\|Ptolemaic]] [[Egypt]], a poisoner [[Melina the Hibiscus]] used hemlock along with [[hellebore]] as part of the concoction which made the sacred [[crocodile]]s of [[Krokodilopolis]]' [[Temple of Sobek]] ill, irritable, and bleed from their eyes.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Sobek's Tears]]</ref>

	===Renaissance===		===Renaissance===

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			[[File:ACOd-Hemlock.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Hemlock growing in 5th century BCE Greece]]
	'''Hemlock''' is a highly poisonous plant, though it has been used medically since the antiquity.		'''Hemlock''' is a highly poisonous plant, though it has been used medically since the antiquity.

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